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Boss Byproducts: Corium Is Man-Made Lava
So now we’ve talked about all kinds of byproducts, including man-made (Fordite), nature-made (fulgurites), and one that’s a ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with navigating the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has successfully retrieved a small ...
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First fuel debris retrieved from Fukushima nuclear reactor
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of the reactors that went into a triple meltdown following the 2011 ...
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Robot Grabs Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor
In 2019, the company removed the first spent-fuel assembly from Reactor #3, but the fuel itself was still outstanding. Researchers devised a plan to send a robot to Fukushima's depths, where it ...
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Japanese regulators disqualify a reactor under post-Fukushima safety standards for the first time
Tsuruga No. 2, operated by the Japan Atomic Power Co., is the first reactor to be rejected under the safety standards adopted in 2013 based on lessons from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown ...
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...