A Tokyo power company has started removing fuel from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant. The plant was damaged and suffered after a huge earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011. Workers started removing the nuclear fuel on Monday, five years behind . The work to move the hazardous rods was delayed of many malfunctions in the that were designed for the removal operation. Another causing delays was high of radiation in the area. This created a "significant challenge" for .
The is removing seven unspent nuclear fuel rods from the reactor's . There are a total of 1,573 fuel rods at the power plant. These rods will be transferred to storage pools. The work should be finished by the of March 2021. A company spokesman said: "I believe everything is going so far. We will watch the progress at the as we put safety . Our goal is not to rush the process but to proceed." Another spokesman said: "Safety is our priority. We will carefully continue this ." Japan's Prime Minister said the country would do its to rebuild.
