(11 Mar 2025)
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Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture – 20 February 2025
1. Sign showing instructions to wear protective gear and the amount of sievert (Sv) displayed on blue board before entering pedestal inside reactor unit 5 at Fukushima Daichi Plant
2. Wide of entrance
3. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) representative inside reactor unit 5
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hiroshi Ide, resident of Namie and TEPCO worker since 2010:
"Due to the fact of being a high radiation area, we wore a protective garment called an ‘anorak’ and a full face mask, which made it hard to see. We needed to conduct our daily tasks in these conditions within a limited time period. I tried to ease the tension every day and prioritise safety by taking staff health into consideration."
5. Sign showing radiation level, reading (Japanese) "This area is a low radiation area – 0.025 mSv per hour"
6. Various of TEPCO representative
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yasunobu Yokokawa, Okuma resident and TEPCO worker since 2003:
"It was surreal and there was anxiety in the air. We entered the plant with full face masks and protective clothing, which we did not remove. We were sleeping overnight in the anti-seismic building while there were many aftershocks so it was always tense."
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ARCHIVE: Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture – 3 March 2022
8. STILL showing men in hazmat suits working inside a facility to remove radioactive materials from contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
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Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture – 20 February 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yasunobu Yokokawa, 40-year-old Okuma town resident, joined TEPCO in 2003:
"We doubled, tripled our rubber gloves (for safety) so it was not easy to operate. It was a tricky situation being under pressure with the time limit and everything."
10. TEPCO representative guiding crew to pedestal for reactor unit 5
11. Various of X-6 penetration, where a device can pass through for fuel debris retrieval
12. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hiroshi Ide, 33-year-old Namie town resident, joined TEPCO in 2010:
"I am originally from the Namie town which is still in the evacuation zone and is hard to access. Even when you want to return to check something out, you need to fill in a form and wear protective clothing. As a Fukushima citizen, I would like to make sure the decommissioning work is done properly so that people can return home without worries."
13. TEPCO representative talking about spent fuel assembly
14. Tilt down of spent fuel assembly
15. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yasunobu Yokokawa, 40-year-old Okuma town resident, joined TEPCO in 2003:
"Getting the decommissioning work done safely, including the removal of the nuclear debris will lead to Fukushima’s revival."
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Tokyo – 5 March 2025
16. Tilt up of President of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company of TEPCO, Akira Ono, holding a model of nuclear fuel debris extracted from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year
17. Armband and patch, reading (Japanese) Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
18. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Akira Ono, President of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi decontamination and decommissioning engineering company:
"I think Fukushima Daiichi is unique for its changes. For works that can be done easily at different locations can turn into a mission with Fukushima Daiichi, such as changing the equipment or even the order of the process in some cases. We learned that it is necessary to take this uniqueness into consideration this time round."
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