Debris could be removed from sides of Fukushima reactors

A state-backed entity tasked with supporting the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power station proposed Thursday that melted fuel be removed from the sides of three of the crippled reactors as part of the process to scrap the complex.Based on a formal proposal, the government and the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will determine specific approaches to carry out the process on each reactor next month and update the plant decommissioning road map.Under its strategic plan for 2017, the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. called…READ FULL ARTICLE