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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facility

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

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 power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024

A glitch halts again Telesco the robot's attempt to get a sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Video feed issues halted the mission of a robot trying to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024

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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century

A small robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from the bottom

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

A robot resumes mission to retrieve a piece of melted fuel from inside a damaged Fukushima reactor

An operation to send an extendable robot into one of three damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to bring back a tiny gravel of melted fuel debris has resumed, nearly three weeks after its earlier attempt was suspended due to a technical issue

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted nuclear fuel at Japan's damaged reactor is suspended

An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant has been suspended due to a technical issue

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

TEPCO Demonstrates Robot Retrieval Of Melted Fuel Debris

TEPCO's new robot aims to retrieve melted fuel debris at Fukushima Daiichi, a crucial step in the cleanup process post-2011 meltdown.

A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor

The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has demonstrated how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year

The Independent UK · May 28, 2024

Fukushima Daiichi Drone Probe Delayed Due To Equipment Failure

Japanese authorities face setbacks in using drones to investigate Fukushima Daiichi reactor due to equipment failure and high radiation levels.

Drone Explores Fukushima Reactor For Melted Fuel Debris

Drones investigate melted fuel debris at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Challenges persist in cleanup efforts at the site.

TEPCO's operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata

Japanese nuclear safety regulators are lifting an operational ban imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator behind the Fukushima disaster

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023

Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages

A Tokyo court has held only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant responsible for paying damages to dozens of evacuees

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023

3rd release of treated water from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, operator says

The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant says the release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has ended safely as planned

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant starts 3rd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea after Japanese officials said the two earlier releases ended smoothly

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

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The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

2 workers at Fukushima plant hospitalized after accidentally getting sprayed with radioactive waste

Two workers at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been hospitalized after accidentally being sprayed with radioactive liquid waste

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

IAEA officials say Fukushima's ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the discharge of the second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea has ended as planned on Monday

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

UN nuclear agency team watches Japanese lab workers prepare fish samples from damaged nuclear plant

Scientists from the U.N. nuclear agency have watched Japanese lab workers prepare samples of fish collected at a seafood market near the Fukushima nuclear plant to test the safety of treated radioactive wastewater released from the damaged plant into the sea

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Japan criticizes Russian ban on its seafood following the release of treated radioactive water

Japan has criticized Russia’s announcement that it’s joining China in banning the imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant

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The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has begun releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea after the first round of discharges ended smoothly

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2023

As Japan releases more Fukushima water, what about the rest of the plant?

More treated water is being released into the Pacific, but the entire decommissioning process will be far more complex.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2023

China drastically cuts seafood imports from Japan in wake of Fukushima water release

Imports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Fukushima nuclear plant's operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has safely completed the first release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea and will inspect and clean the facility before starting the second round in a few weeks

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Residents and fishermen file a lawsuit demanding a halt to the release of Fukushima wastewater

Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan’s northeastern coast have filed a lawsuit demanding a halt to the ongoing release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea

The Hindu · Aug 28, 2023

Removing Fukushima's melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant's wastewater

Treated radioactive wastewater from Japan is being released into the Pacific Ocean but the removal of melted fuel debris from nuclear plant will be difficult

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning

The sound of treated radioactive water flowing down to an underground secondary pool could be heard from beneath the ground during a media tour of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

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