Cooling of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 has been upset by a change in injection rates, leading to a rise in temperature that Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is working to gradually correct.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is implementing a Technical Cooperation project, bringing together 24 countries in the Pacific Ocean region to help monitor the fate of radionuclides released from the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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Cooling of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 has been upset by a change in injection rates, leading to a rise in temperature that Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is working to gradually correct.
Pictures from a remote examination of Fukushima Daiichi 2 have yet to bring new information on the state of the ruined reactor core..jpg "Fukushima debris removal (Tepco)"){kind=small}
A roadmap setting out the mid- to long-term activities needed for the decommissioning of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors has been released. The plan envisages decommissioning activities being completed within 30 to 40 years.
Cold shutdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has now been officially recognised, bringing to a close the 'accident' phase of events at the plant triggered by the 11 March tsunami.
A new analysis of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi indicates more extensive melting probably occurred at unit 1 than previously thought, although the predicted status of units 2 and 3 remains about the same.