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TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes ...
Inside Fukushima: Eerie drone footage reveals first ever look at melted nuclear reactor with 880 tonnes of radioactive fuel still inside - 13 years after disaster
Officials had long hoped to reach the area to examine the core and melted nuclear ... easily overcame coastal defences for ...
Making space for nuclear debris
WORKERS at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of ...
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11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain
OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture ... a structure beneath the defueled core, where officials explained the concept of using robotic probes in No. 1 and 2 reactors. TEPCO has emptied spent fuel from ...
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Conditions inside Fukushima melted nuclear reactors still unclear 13 years after disaster struck
Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori said on ... The fuel in the worst-damaged No. 1 reactor mostly fell from the core to the bottom of its primary containment vessel. Some of it penetrated and mixed ...
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How Black Is The Japanese Nuclear Swan?
The Japanese earthquake is a tragedy of epic proportions in so many ways. The situation continues to evolve, and the full scope of the disaster will not be understood for a long time. One critical ...
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Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island vs. Chernobyl
Longer term impact: Once the core is damaged and seawater is poured over reactors to cool them, Fukushima 1 (and possibly a plant in Tokai as well) will be useless beyond repair – hence a ...
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Fukushima Debris Analysis
The operator of the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima has released photos ... metal grate within the containment vessel under the reactor core. If that turns out to be molten fuel, it would ...
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Other Fukushima Nuclear Plant to Be Scrapped
TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa visited Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori ... which covers the reactor core, rose to a critical level at 3 of the 4 reactors. Only the number 3 reactor was ...
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Japan quake: Fresh explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant
A second explosion has hit a Japanese nuclear plant that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said the reactor core was still intact. A huge column of smoke billowed from Fukushima ...
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2011 Japan Earthquake – Tsunami Fast Facts
several deaths from radiation and severe damage to the reactor core. April 12, 2011 – Japan’s nuclear agency raises the Fukushima Daiichi crisis from Level 5 to a Level 7 event, the highest ...
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They Have No Idea What To Do With 330,000 Tons Of Radioactive Water Leaking At Fukushima
The Fukushima decommissioning is projected to cost at least $11 billion and take at least 30 years to complete. Taisei, which built the structure around Japan's newest reactor at Tomari in ...