Fishing Rod-Like Robot Retrieves First Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor [zero hedge]
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Fishing Rod-Like Robot Retrieves First Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor Thirteen years after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan, causing a catastrophic meltdown, the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., sent a fishing rod-like robotic device into one of the plant's three damaged reactors to extract the first tiny piece of radioactive material . AP News reports that Tepco successfully retrieved 2 inches of radioactive material from a mound of molten fuel debris on the bottom of the No. 2 reactor. The 3-gram (0.1-ounce) piece will provide crucial data for the plant's operator to proceed with a decommissioning strategy... Telesco on Wednesday successfully clipped a piece presumably measuring less than 3 grams (0.1 ounce) from the planned area right underneath the Unit 2 reactor core , from which large amounts of melted fuel fell during the meltdown 13 years ago, TEPCO said. Plant chief Akira Ono said only
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