Japan electric company removes small debris from Fukushima nuclear plant
Japanese nuclear plant workers, for the first time, removed a small amount of melted fuel from one of the Fukushima Daiichi plant reactors damaged in the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, officials said on Thursday.
Nuclear debris from Fukushima reactor weighs 0.7 gram
The collected substance will be analyzed at four facilities for research toward full-scale extraction of nuclear fuel debris.
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EDITORIAL: First removal of nuclear fuel debris at the Fukushima plant
A tiny amount of melted nuclear fuel was retrieved for the first time the other day from one of the reactors at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The recovery from the bottom of a containment vessel represents a small first step in the decommissioning process,
Fukushima trial nuclear debris removal complete
A difficult operation to remove a small piece of radioactive debris from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant using a robotic device was completed successfully, the plant operator said Thursday, after technical issues halted earlier attempts.
Fuel debris sample extracted from Fukushima Daiichi reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced it has successfully completed the trial removal of a sample of fuel debris from the primary containment vessel of unit 2 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Tepco Removes Nuclear Fuel Debris From Fukushima Disaster Site
Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it removed nuclear fuel debris left inside a reactor in a demonstration at its Fukushima power plant, 13 years after a meltdown.
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with navigating the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has successfully retrieved a small ...
Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in ...
Robot successfully retrieves first radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima reactor
Small sample to aid in planning the safe decommissioning of the nuclear plant, which contains an estimated 880 tons of highly ...
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A device to remove debris from a reactor at the damaged Fukushima ...
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TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial over responsibility
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima ...
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Nuclear Reactor Near Fukushima Resumes Operations After 13-Year Hiatus
A nuclear reactor that withstood the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami resumed operations Tuesday, marking a ...
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
The nuclear fuel sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container Thursday, marking the end of the ...
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Japanese nuclear reactor that survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts
A Japanese nuclear reactor that survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima ...