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In the years since the accident, despite considerable progress having been made in repairing the infrastructure and former reactor buildings on the FDNPP site by the plant’s operators (TEPCO)—work to retrieve the previously molten corium material from inside each of the reactors RPV/PCV has yet to commence. Commendable activities have also occurred off-site—associated with the remediation of large areas of the less-highly contaminated Fukushima Prefecture. As a consequence, formerly excluded areas are becoming classified as safe, and ready for rehabitation.
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Martin, P.G. (2019). Conclusions and Future Work. In: The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17191-9_11
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