Tepco Prepares to Remove Fuel Assemblies at Fukushima
TOKYO—Operators of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant this month will begin a potentially hazardous operation to remove fuel rods from one of the reactor units, a critical step in what is expected to be a decadeslong cleanup of the site of one of the worst nuclear-energy accidents in history. Tokyo Electric Power Co. 9501.TO -1.14% Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. Japan: Tokyo ¥ 520 -6 -1.14% Nov. 8, 2013 3:00 pm Volume : 26.08M P/E Ratio 3.62 Market Cap ¥856.54 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee ¥129,550,000 11/07/13 Tepco Prepares to Remove Fuel … 11/07/13 Fukushima Watch: Daiichi Plant… 10/30/13 Fukushima Watch: Watchdog Appr… More quote details and news » 9501.TO in Your Value Your Change Short position , known as Tepco, plans to transfer 1,533 metal casings holding nuclear-fuel pellets from their precarious storage pool—130 feet above the ground in one of the plant’s reactors—to a common […]