TOKYO -- Work to remove melted nuclear fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will proceed as scheduled, starting in 2021, the government said Thursday.
According to a revised blueprint on plant decommissioning, the fuel debris inside the three reactors, which suffered a meltdown in 2011 after being disabled by a tsunami, will be removed by inserting robot arms into the side of the containment structure of each reactor.
