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Interim storage facility near Fukushima plant

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) visits an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2025, that is storing soil generated during decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant co-hosted by the northeastern Japan town.

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Interim storage facility near Fukushima plant

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from R) visits an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2025, that is storing soil generated during decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant co-hosted by the northeastern Japan town.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (L, back) is seen in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the early morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (C) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (R) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (far R) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to reporters after inspecting an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Underground ice wall works at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Wearing protective metal vests over radiation protection suits, workers engage in underground ice wall building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The No.1 reactor building is seen in the back.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Contaminated water management measure at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The condition of the groundwater bypassing is displayed on the monitor in a remote monitoring room at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 14, 2013, shows a coastal area in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, around the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The government plans to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land chiefly around the plant to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste piling up in the decontamination process.

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No-go zones in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hundreds of bags containing waste resulting from decontamination work in the aftermath of meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are piled up at a temporary storage site in a no-go zone in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in January 2014, almost three years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that triggered the nuclear crisis.

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Groundwater contamination at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on July 9, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled plant, said the same day that the density of radioactive cesium in groundwater by the sea at the plant has soared to around 90 times higher than three days ago.

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Gov't eyes suing TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2013 shows workers decontaminating a residential area in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Environment Ministry is considering filing a lawsuit against TEPCO, seeking payment of about 16.5 billion yen in decontamination expenses since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, sources close to the matter said June 1, 2013.

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TEPCO transfers radioactive water to reliable container

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 16, 2013, shows work at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, to transfer radioactive water stored in one of the leaky underground tanks to a more reliable container above ground. By the end of June, TEPCO plans to empty four underground tanks that currently hold a total of about 23,000 tons of heavily radiation-contaminated water to prevent more liquid from leaking out and seeping into the soil.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a classroom at abandoned Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, located in the no-entry area. School bags and other items remain uncollected.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a classroom at abandoned Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, located in the no-entry area. The date of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster remains on the whiteboard.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under decommissioning

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2013, shows workers walking on the snow-covered ground at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited the plant the same day and told employees that the government hopes to accelerate the process of scrapping the crippled reactors. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima no-go zone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows untended farmland covered by the wildflower Canada goldenrod in no-entry zones in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (top L) on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Fukushima no-go zone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows untended farmland covered by the wildflower Canada goldenrod in no-entry zones in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (top) on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Cows left behind in Fukushima no-entry zone

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows cows that have turned wild after being discarded by their owner in a no-entry zone in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2012.

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, which was on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The whiteboard displays notes on radiation levels. On the left is a terminal of the System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information, or SPEEDI.

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012. The office had been abandoned on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Notes left on the whiteboards, including the word ''explosion,'' show the crisis environment at the time the facility was abandoned.

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012. The office had been abandoned on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Notes left on the whiteboards, including the word ''explosion,'' show the crisis environment at the time the facility was abandoned.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker having his body screened for radiation after completing work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker resting in an earthquake-proof building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R bottom) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Behind them is a fuel handling machine. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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MOX fuel power generation starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - This October 2008 file photo shows the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Power generation using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel started at the plant's No. 3 reactor (2nd from L) on Sept. 23, 2010.

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MOX fuel rods placed in storage pool

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel rods are placed in a storage pool at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The photo was taken on Aug. 21, 2010.

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MOX ship Pacific Teal arrives at port

OKUMA, Japan - A British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, after a five-day delay due to high waves. The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal had been scheduled to enter port on Sept. 22 but high waves forced it to wait outside the port until Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The Pacific Teal is carrying nuclear fuel for the No. 3 reactor of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant run by TEPCO.

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High waves delay MOX ship's entry into port

OKUMA, Japan - The 4,648-ton British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel sails off Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, after being prevented by high waves from entering a port for a nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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MOX-carrying ship's entry into port delayed by high waves

OKUMA, Japan - The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal carrying mixed oxide fuel from Britain sails off Okuma, Fukukshima Prefecture, on Sept. 22. The vessel was unable to enter the port of a nuclear power plant in the northeastern prefecture due to high waves. The fuel will be used for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant.