1st Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor

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
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.
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.
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.
Robot retrieves first piece of melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor
The sample was collected from a mound of molten fuel debris from the base of Fukushima's reactor number 2's primary containment vessel. The fuel sample was then transferred to an enclosed container after retrieval by workers in full HAZMAT gear.
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.
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
After spending months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant, a robot has delivered a small sample of melted nuclear fuel.