Fukushima No. 4 spent fuel pool gets steel plate cover: TEPCO
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Friday that it has placed a steel plate cover over the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 unit.


Tokyo Electric Power Co. placed the 4-centimeter-thick cover to prevent rubble from falling into the pool as the utility plans to begin dismantling some sections of the unit's severely damaged building before removing the nuclear fuel stored in the pool. The building was damaged by a hydrogen explosion.

The 60-ton steel plate is 11 meters long and 13.7 meters wide.
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