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.
Fukushima Trial Nuclear Debris Removal Complete
Tokyo: 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.
Robot Removes First Bit Of Fukushima's Nuclear Fuel Debris – Just 880 Tons More To Go
A robot has delved into the radioactive ruins of Fukushima to retrieve a tiny chunk of spent nuclear fuel. It’s the first time solid fuel debris has been removed from the plant – but they’ve still got a hell of a long way to go: 880 tons of the stuff to be precise.
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear fuel.
Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant has been shut down again due to an equipment problem.
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.
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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 ...
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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Japan shuts down nuclear reactor owing to glitches just days after restarting
The company is yet to announce a date on which operations will resume at the nuclear reactor located in Onagawa power plant.
Japan nuclear reactor near Fukushima to restart
A Japanese nuclear reactor with an upgraded anti-tsunami wall was set to restart Tuesday in a region near the crippled ...
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Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts
All of Japan's 54 commercial nuclear power plants were shut down after the Fukushima disaster for safety checks and upgrades.
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Medina Spirit Half-Sister Down To Debut at Fukushima
In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on ...
Correction: Japan-Nuclear-Fukushima story
In a story published Nov. 2, 2024, about a remote-controlled robot at the Fukushima nuclear plant, The Associated Press erroneously stated the conversion of 5 millimeters into inches, which should ...
Watch robot dig out FIRST rice-size scrap from 880 TONS of irradiated Fukushima nuclear waste…& make startling discovery
THIS is the moment a robot digs out a rice-sized scrap of nuclear fuel from 880 tons of irradiated nuclear waste and make a startling discovery. It marks the first piece of the dangerous scrap ...