Fuel assembly removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 reactor

Fuel assembly removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 18, 2012, shows the wrecked building housing the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The Tokyo Electric Power Co. removed the same day an unused nuclear fuel assembly from a spent fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor to check the extent of damage to the stored fuel ahead of the start of full removal work planned for next year.

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