Spent nuclear fuel removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Spent nuclear fuel removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (far L) speaks during a ministerial meeting on decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Sept. 26, 2017, in Tokyo. It was decided to delay the start of removing spent nuclear fuel left near two of the three reactors which suffered a meltdown at the Fukushima complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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