THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 7, 2021 at 17:51 JST
Armed with protective gear, operators remove radioactive substances attached to equipment with a high-pressure washer at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on July 6. (Shigetaka Kodama)
Work to prepare for the decommissioning of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant is under way in Fukushima Prefecture, a mammoth project the operator plans to complete in about 44 years. [Read More]
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