An attempt to use a robot to remove a sample of melted fuel from Japan's tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended due to a technical issue.

TOKYO (AP) — An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended ...

The work was stopped when workers noticed that five 1.5-meter (5-foot) pipes used to maneuver the robot were placed in the wrong order and could not be corrected within the time limit for their ...

TOKYO (AP) — An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended ...

The collection of a tiny sample of the debris inside the Unit 2 reactor’s primary containment vessel would start the fuel debris removal phase, the most challenging part of the decades-long ...

An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended Thursday due to a ...

Nation & World Technology A robot’s attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor is suspended Aug. 21, 2024 at 9:12 pm Updated Aug. 21, 2024 at 10:18 pm ...