A temporary storage facility in Aomori Prefecture received the first batch of spent nuclear fuel Thursday, after a cargo vessel carrying the fuel docked and the shipment was unloaded at a nearby port.
The vessel carrying one cask containing 69 units of spent nuclear fuel from the No. 4 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, arrived at the port of Mutsu, a city in Aomori Prefecture that hosts the storage facility, in the morning.
Tepco announced later in the day that the transport of the fuel to the storage facility was completed by Thursday evening.
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