TEPCO may resume debris extraction from Fukushima reactor next week

The operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said Thursday it may resume next week an operation, suspended last month due to an error, to retrieve a small amount of melted fuel from a reactor.Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said at a press conference that the erroneous placement of pipes used in the fuel debris extraction work involving contractors occurred because no one from TEPCO oversaw the preparation process to ensure the pipes were connected in the correct order.The pipes look similar and can be difficult to distinguish for workers w…READ FULL ARTICLE