The pace will quicken later and about 1/3 of the tanks will be removed over the next 10 years, freeing up space for the plant's decommissioning, said TEPCO executive Junichi Matsumoto, who is in charge of the treated water release.
Removing Fukushima's melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant's wastewater
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He says the water would be released gradually over the span of 30 years, but as long as the melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water, which creates more wastewater.
At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release
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