TEPCO has begun work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool at unit 5 Fukushima Daiichi. fukuleaks.org A roof section of a structure covering the Unit 1 reactor at TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant was removed Friday. the-japan-news.com Three environmental groups sued a state agency Thursday over the effects of the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant on the water quality of the Columbia River. nuclearnews.net The disposal of radioactive waste from the planned Diadem radioactive waste storage facility at the ASN (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire) site in Marcoule, southern France, is not liable to result in significant radioactive contamination in another member state, even in the event of an accident, the European Commission has said. nucnet.org