All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2014, shows a transport container (C) for unused nuclear fuel rods being removed from the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day it has finished removing all fuel rods from the pool, a major step in decommissioning efforts. (Pool photo)(Image is partially modified for security reasons)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001212243
  • Registered date
  • 2014/12/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2553 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.27(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

    Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

    Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024, shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor (L) was restarted the same day after meeting stricter safety requirements introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
      Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

      Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

      Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024, shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor (L) was restarted the same day after meeting stricter safety requirements introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
        Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

        Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. The operator of the disaster-stricken complex was set to attempt to remove a small amount of melted fuel from one of its crippled reactors the same day, but decided to put the extraction trial on hold due to issues discovered during preparations.
          Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

          Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

          Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. The operator of the disaster-stricken complex was set to attempt to remove a small amount of melted fuel from one of its crippled reactors the same day, but decided to put the extraction trial on hold due to issues discovered during preparations.
            Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

            Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

            Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. The operator of the disaster-stricken complex was set to attempt to remove a small amount of melted fuel from one of its crippled reactors the same day, but decided to put the extraction trial on hold due to issues discovered during preparations.
              Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

              Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

              Photo taken on April 22, 2023, shows a towel shop housed in an industrial complex that opened the same day in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, following the partial lifting of an evacuation order in August 2022.
                Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

                Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

                Photo taken on April 22, 2023, shows a cafe housed in an industrial complex that opened the same day in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, following the partial lifting of an evacuation order in August 2022.
                  MOX fuel from France arrives at nuclear power plant in Japan

                  MOX fuel from France arrives at nuclear power plant in Japan

                  A cargo ship carrying uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide fuel processed in France arrives at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama, central Japan, on Nov. 17, 2021. A container carrying MOX fuel is being unloaded. (Pool photo)
                    MOX fuel from France arrives at nuclear power plant in Japan

                    MOX fuel from France arrives at nuclear power plant in Japan

                    A container of uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is unloaded from a cargo ship at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama, central Japan, on Nov. 17, 2021, after its arrival from France. (Pool photo)
                      Shimane nuclear power plant

                      Shimane nuclear power plant

                      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 2 reactor building of Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 11, 2021. The No. 2 unit on Sept. 15 became the 17th reactor at a total of 10 nuclear plants nationwide to pass stricter safety standards introduced after the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011.