Fukushima operator starts dismantling water tank


Workers of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) gathering near water tanks that are expected to be dismantled at Tepco Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma on Feb 13, 2025. - AFP

TOKYO: The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant said it started dismantling hundreds of water tanks on Friday (Feb 14), as it takes apart the site of one of the world's worst meltdowns.

Scrapping these welded tanks is a crucial step in Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco) decades-long effort to decommission the stricken facility, which went into meltdown after it was hit by a catastrophic tsunami in 2011.

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