Editorial

16:06 JST, August 10, 2025

Given the difficult road ahead toward decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, revising the plan at this point seems to be a realistic decision.

Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has significantly delayed the start of the full-scale retrieval of melted nuclear fuel from the plant, originally scheduled for the early 2030s, to between 2037 and 2040.

The retrieval of the debris is the most difficult task in the entire decommissioning process. The total amount of debris is estimated to be 880 tons for the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 reactors at the plant, but only about 1 gram was retrieved during two trial attempts last year and this year.

It has been highlighted once again that safely retrieving debris amid high........

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