The Japan Atomic Energy Agency on Dec. 26 released images of nuclear fuel debris retrieved from the No. 2 reactor at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The analysis ...

Although with e.g. Fukushima Daiichi’s triple meltdown the zircalloy fuel rods were partially destroyed, it was the formation of hydrogen gas inside the reactor vessels and the hydrogen ...

In November 2024, TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, successfully removed approximately 0.7 grams of fuel rod debris from the Unit 2 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power ...

KOBE--A specialized device resembling a fishing rod will be used to “hook” tiny bits of melted nuclear fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) says nuclear fuel debris will be removed from the unit 2 reactor at ...

An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The 2011 Fukushima accident is seen as the second ... Rising residual heat within each reactor’s core caused the fuel rods in reactors 1, 2, and 3 to overheat and partially melt down, leading ...

Japanese specialists have launched a trial effort to remove melted nuclear fuel from Unit 2 of the wrecked Fukushima-1 nuclear ... that resembles a fishing rod in order to obtain a tiny piece ...