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TEPCO to Halt Most Work at Fukushima N-Plant for G-7 Summit

Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will suspend most work at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for three days from Wednesday as Japan will host the Group of Seven summit this week.
During the three days, TEPCO will continue minimum necessary work, including operations for cooling the No. 1 to No. 3 reactors, which suffered meltdowns, and running a system to process radioactive water at the plant, which was damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, according to the company.
But the company will halt the construction of tanks for storing radioactive water and preparations for removing nuclear fuel from the No. 3 reactor pool, along with other work.
TEPCO has been carrying out those operations as part of the decommissioning processes.
A TEPCO official said the company will suspend the work at the plant out of a sense of caution, while noting that the company is always ready to detect any problem at the plant quickly.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2016052400705

May 24, 2016 Posted by | Fukushima 2016 | , , , | Leave a comment