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Robot Grabs Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor
More than 13 years after an earthquake-turned-tsunami triggered the second-largest nuclear accident in global history, a ...
Editorial: Recovery of Fukushima fuel debris a step toward distant decommissioning goal
A sample of fuel debris was recently retrieved for the first time from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station's No. 2 ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear fuel.
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Robot retrieves first piece of melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
The nuclear fuel sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container Thursday, marking the end of the ...
Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate
Countries have promised to reduce their fossil fuel subsidies to fight climate change, but it’s harder to do than it looks.
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Fukushima extracts first fuel debris sample
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) has extracted the first sample of nuclear fuel debris from the containment ...
Robot successfully retrieves first radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima reactor
Small sample to aid in planning the safe decommissioning of the nuclear plant, which contains an estimated 880 tons of highly ...
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials ...
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
The sample return marks the first time the melted fuel is retrieved out of the containment vessel. Fukushima Daiichi lost its key cooling systems during a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, causing ...