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Japan will use robots to remove melted fuel in Fukushima
Robots equipped with pincers and using telescopic tubes to move will collect molten fuel debris weighing less than 3g.
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The world's largest nuclear power plant is about to revive
Japan is about to restart production activities at the Kashiwazaki - Kariwa nuclear power plant after a long period of closure due to the impact of the Fukushima disaste…
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First footage of the reactor meltdown in Fukushima
Drone images reveal the scale of damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant 13 years after the meltdown disaster.
Environment
Robot captures molten radioactive fuel in Fukushima
A remote-controlled robot photographed a molten nuclear fuel dump that fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at the Fukushima power plant.
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Fukushima 7 years after nuclear disaster
March 11, 2018, is true to the 7th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Like every year, Japan has stopped all activities at 14:46, that is, at the time of the…
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Detecting a molten nuclear fuel at Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on July 23 said that a large number of hardened plaques and deposits were found for the first time at the bottom of the primary prot…
Oceanography
Fish near the Fukushima power plant are contaminated 2,500 times higher
Fish caught near Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan) is 2,500 times higher than the safe level.
Animal world
Detection of ultra-high-level contaminated fish near Fukushima 1
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on March 15 said the company measured a record radioactive level of 740,000 becquerels (bq) / kg of radioactive cesium in a fish cau…
Environment
Detecting leaked radioactive water in Fukushima
Radioactive water leakage was discovered at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, beneath a reservoir.
Environment
Japan intends to vaporize contaminated water in Fukushima
Japan is considering measures to evaporate or store contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, replacing the way to discharge water into the ocean.
Environment
Japan built underground ice walls to isolate radiation
The Japanese nuclear agency has just approved a plan to freeze ground under the Fukushima nuclear plant, in an attempt to slow the accumulation of radioactive water.
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100 tons of radioactive water leaked at Fukushima
According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on February 20, about 100 tons of high-level radioactive water was leaked through one of the tanks at the Fukushima nuc…
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Contaminated water is flowing into the Fukushima building 1
January 18, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said water that could contain radioactive material is flowing into a sewer on the first floor of a building containing r…
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Japan: 1.6 million tons of contaminated water seeps into the ground
TEPCO officials said they found water leaked from the seams of the moat on December 21.
Environment
Outdoor radiation in Fukushima reached a record
Tokyo Electric Power Company last week said the level of outdoor radiation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant reached its highest level ever.