TEPCO plans waste building demolition ahead of debris cleanup

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has submitted a plan to demolish a building next to the No. 3 reactor to make way for the removal of radioactive fuel debris, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.Knocking down the structure, a radioactive waste disposal building, is expected to be time-consuming, potentially hindering plans by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and the government to fully decommission the plant between 2041 and 2051.The government and TEPCO hope to begin retrieving melted fuel from the reactors that suffered core meltdowns more than…READ FULL ARTICLE