Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2013, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started a yearlong mission later that day to remove fuel from the cooling pool at the damaged No. 4 reactor building (far L).

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