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 ...
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex said Thursday it successfully retrieved a small amount of melted fuel from the No. 2 reactor damaged in the massive earthquake and ...
It is the first time TEPCO has removed the melted fuel from one of the reactors at the Fukushima plant. An estimated 880 tons of fuel debris remain in No. 1, 2, and 3 reactors struck during the 2011 ...