Fukushima : Tepco makes a further withdrawal of fuel pool 4

Fukushima : Tepco makes a further withdrawal of fuel pool 4

New delicate operation to the operator of the Fukushima accident Tuesday. This time , the company Tokyo Electric Power ( Tepco ) said it would remove the spent pool of reactor 4 fuel, which makes it even more difficult task because it is more radioactive than nine extracted first .
Tepco had performed smoothly from 18 to 22 November, a first extraction of 22 new fuel assemblies on the 1533 (including 202 new ) transferring the pool 4 a common pool said , much safer . " We will act the same way as the first , but with extreme caution , because the fuel is more sensitive ," said Tepco press .

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Tuesday morning , the company plunged into the pool 4 a cylindrical container 5.5 meters high and 2.1 in diameter. Thereafter, it should begin to transfer one by one 22 spent fuel assemblies ( maximum capacity of the container ) , all thanks to a crane and remote equipment to accomplish these difficult manipulations leaving assemblies permanently submerged