Fuel Placement Confirmation Method and Fuel Placement Confirmation Apparatus

Provided are a fuel placement confirmation method and a fuel placement confirmation apparatus that can increase an underwater imaging distance, collectively image a wide region, and reliably confirm an imprint number of a fuel assembly in consideration of a water fluctuation. A fuel placement confirmation apparatus 1 includes an imaging device 2 which images a fuel assembly number imprinted on a fuel assembly 27 loaded into a core 12; a movement device 5 which holds the imaging device 2 and performs scanning in a horizontal plane above the fuel assembly 27; and a fuel placement confirmation processing unit 3 which causes the movement device 5 to perform scanning, repeatedly executes imaging by the imaging device 2 on at least the fuel assembly 27 to be a placement confirmation target, selects image data not including image distortion from a plurality of acquired imaged images, combines the image data, generates entire image data 44 of at least the fuel assembly to be the placement confirmation target, and outputs the entire image data 44 to a display unit 8.