Japan, Fukushima

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.
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster (Disaster Documentary)
The in-depth story of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster On March 11, 2011, the Japanese islands were struck by an earthquake of enormous force. For six minutes the ground was shaking, turning whole towns into piles of rubble.
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 ha
A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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In a first, Japan retrieves tiny amount of melted fuel from crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
The sample will be transported to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency for analysis. Approximately 880 tons of fuel debris remains in three reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which ...
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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.
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 ...
Radiation Level Of Robot-retrieved Fukushima Debris Tested
Technicians tested the radiation level of debris from inside a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima plant on Tuesday after it was removed by a robot for the first time since the nuclear power station ...
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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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 ...
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 ...