デブリの試験的取り出し、２２日開始　福島第１原発２号機―東電

　東京電力は１９日、福島第１原発事故で溶け落ちた２号機の核燃料（デブリ）の試験的取り出し作業を２２日に開始すると発表した。
　デブリを格納容器から取り出すのは初めて。東電によると、２１日までに設備の点検や作業手順の確認をし、問題がなければ２２日から始める。作業は２週間ほどで完了する見通し。
　同社の計画によると、「テレスコ式」と呼ばれる釣りざお状の装置を格納容器内に投入し、３グラム以下のデブリを採取する。
　装置は先月１９日、２号機の原子炉建屋内に搬入。その後、原子力規制委員会が使用前検査を実施していた。（2024/08/19-19:33）

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it will begin experimental work on Thursday to take out nuclear fuel debris from the No. 2 reactor of its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
   It will be the first time that debris will be removed from a reactor container vessel.
   TEPCO will use a telescopic type device looking like a fishing rod to take out less than 3 milligrams of debris from the No. 2 reactor container vessel. The work is expected to be complete in about two weeks.
   The device was taken into the reactor building on July 19. The Nuclear Regulation Authority has conducted pre-use checks for it.
   It is estimated that the meltdown in 2011 created about 880 tons of debris in total in the No. 1 to No. 3 reactors at the plant. The experimental removal was initially planned for 2021, but there were three delays after TEPCO had difficulties with preparing the device.