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According to a report by Kyodo News on August 22, Tokyo Electric Power Company planned to remove the melted nuclear fuel residue from the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant for the first time on the 22nd local time, but the preparation work started in the morning was suspended due to the installation error of the removal device. It is said that the restart operation will be after the 23rd, and the specific time has not been determined.

It was reported that the installation order of the five pipes inserted into the recovery device was wrong that day. The restart operation will be after the 23rd, and the specific time has not been determined.

It is reported that there are about 880 tons of nuclear fuel fragments in Units 1 to 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. These fragments are a mixture of melted nuclear fuel and surrounding buildings in the nuclear accident, and currently still have extremely strong radiation levels.

It is reported that most of the work will be done remotely, and it is expected to take at least several days to push the equipment to the bottom of the containment vessel where the nuclear fuel fragments are located.

It is reported that this is the first time that nuclear fuel residues have been removed since the nuclear accident in March 2011, and it is considered the biggest challenge in the decommissioning of the reactor.