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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Underwater robot finds 'lost uranium fuel rod' in Fukushima nuclear power plant radioactive mess - Mirror Online

Underwater robot finds 'lost uranium fuel rod' in Fukushima nuclear power plant radioactive mess - Mirror Online

 

Found: Melted Uranium Rods, Lost at Fukushima

Atlas Obscura - ‎5 hours ago‎
The Fukushima nuclear disaster happened in 2011; now, almost six years later, Tepco, the company responsible for the plant, thinks it may have found lost nuclear fuel debris in one of the reactors, Reuters reports. The company says it may have detected ...

Underwater robot finds 'lost uranium fuel rod' in Fukushima nuclear power plant radioactive mess

Mirror.co.uk - ‎6 hours ago‎
This is the moment scientists believe they finally might have found a missing uranium fuel rod lost in the radioactive mess that is the Fukushima nuclear power plant. These new images have been shot by an underwater robot beneath the wreckage of one of ...

Suspected nuclear fuel found at Fukushima site

Sky News - ‎10 hours ago‎
The discovery of possible traces of nuclear fuel is described as "a big step forward" in efforts to clear up the crippled site. 09:25, UK, Tuesday 31 January 2017. Possible nuclear fuel debris may have been found below the damaged No. 2 reactor at.

Images indicate bigger challenge for TEPCO at Fukushima plant

Asahi Shimbun - ‎10 hours ago‎
A video taken on Jan. 30 shows the bottom of the No. 2 reactor's pressure vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Water used to cool the nuclear fuel is dripping, and possible melted fuel is seen strewn on grating for maintenance work ...

Possible nuclear fuel find raises hopes of Fukushima plant breakthrough

The Guardian - ‎17 hours ago‎
Material found below the damaged No 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant, believed to be melted fuel, from footage taken on 30 January. Photograph: Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...

TEPCO sediment finding a step toward removing melted fuel

The Japan News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Blackish sediment deposits are seen on the mesh platform directly below the reactor core of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. 9:58 pm, January 31, 2017. The Yomiuri Shimbun The discovery of blackish sediment deposits under the No. 

Possible nuclear fuel debris spotted at Fukushima reactor

Asia Times - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Monday it may have found nuclear fuel debris below the damaged No. 2 reactor, one of three that had meltdowns in the 2011 disaster. Should the finding be ...

Japan News: Fukushima Cleanup Uncovers Possible Melted Radioactive Fuel At Nuclear Plant Reactor

International Business Times - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Tokyo's utility company discovered Monday what it suspects could be nuclear fuel debris inside of a reactor at its destroyed Fukushima plant in Japan. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has led efforts to clean up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ...

Tepco spots possible nuclear fuel debris at Japan's Fukushima reactor

Reuters - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
A handout image provided by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) from footage taken on January 30, 2017, by a camera inserted under Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, shows material found below the damaged No. 2 reactor at the site. Tokyo Electric ...

Nuclear fuel debris that penetrated reactor pressure vessel possibly found at Fukushima No. 1

The Japan Times - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Tepco on Monday found what may be melted nuclear fuel debris that penetrated the reactor 2 pressure vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said more analysis and investigation is needed to confirm that the black ...

Sediment found at Fukushima reactor

The Japan News - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Jiji Press FUKUSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has found a form of sediment under the No. 2 reactor of its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered a meltdown following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, ...

Fukushima breakthrough? Japan's TEPCO finds possible nuclear fuel debris

RT - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant may have finally found a portion of nuclear fuel debris responsible for a lot of the lingering contamination from six years ago. If confirmed, it will dramatically improve clean-up efforts. One of ...

Tepco hope for breakthrough in nuclear clean-up

Power Engineering International - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
The company have released still images showing what they believe to be nuclear fuel rods from the number 2 reactor, one of three that had meltdowns after the 2011 disaster in Japan. Tepco The company has not yet been able to confirm if the debris ...

TEPCO may have located melted fuel for 1st time at Fukushima plant

Asahi Shimbun - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Photo/Illutration The image shows what is believed to be the remains of melted nuclear fuel that seeped through the grating below the pressure vessel of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.).

Melted fuel possibly found inside of crippled Fukushima reactor

The Mainichi - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
A survey on the inside of the No. 2 reactor at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has shown a black object, which its operator says could be melted fuel, sources close to the case said. 【Related】TEPCO begins taking video inside ...

Tepco finds possible nuclear fuel debris below Fukushima reactor

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎Jan 29, 2017‎
Tokyo Electric Power has found possible nuclear fuel debris below the No.2 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi, the power plant hit by meltdowns after the 2011 tsunami, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Tepco detected a black lump directly below the ...

Tepco finds possible nuclear fuel debris below Fukushima reactor: NHK

Yahoo News - ‎Jan 29, 2017‎
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, has found possible nuclear fuel debris below the damaged No. 2 reactor, one of three that had meltdowns in the 2011 disaster, public broadcaster ...

TEPCO Finds Possible Nuclear Fuel Debris Under Fukushima's Reactor Number 2

Sputnik International - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
Japanese Tokyo Electric Power Company, Fukushima nuclear power plant's (NPP) operator, has found possible nuclear fuel debris beneath the second Fukushima-1 reactor, damaged in 2011, local media reported Monday. A coast guard vessel (back R) ...

Possible nuclear fuel debris sighted under damaged Fukushima reactor

Nikkei Asian Review - ‎Jan 30, 2017‎
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station on Monday found beneath the plant's No. 2 reactor what could be nuclear fuel debris left from the meltdown disaster in March 2011. Images of a black mass and deposits were ...

Japan Is Closer to Finding Lost Nuclear Fuel With Fukushima Pictures

Bloomberg - ‎13 hours ago‎
New photographs show what may be melted nuclear fuel sitting under one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima reactors, a potential milestone in the search and retrieval of the fuel almost six years after it was lost in one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
 
 
 

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