http://www.newsweek.com/fukushima-nuclear-tokyo-electric-power-fuel-melted-reactor-1396147 > In 2011, a destructive earthquake and tsunami caused the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. Now, in a milestone for the efforts to decommission the plant, workers have begun removing fuel from a cooling pool near one of these three reactors. > The operator of the plant—Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco)—said on Monday that its employees had started the process of taking out 566 used and unused nuclear fuel rods which are stored in the pool at reactor Unit 3, the Associated Press reported.