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posted by martyb on Sunday July 23 2017, @10:53AM   Printer-friendly

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-22/japan-pictures-likely-show-melted-fukushima-fuel-for-first-time

New images show what is likely to be melted nuclear fuel hanging from inside one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima reactors, a potential milestone in the cleanup of one of the worst atomic disasters in history.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest utility, released images on Friday showing a hardened black, grey and orange substance that dripped from the bottom of the No. 3 reactor pressure vessel at Fukushima, which is likely to contain melted fuel, according to Takahiro Kimoto, an official at the company. The company sent a Toshiba-designed robot, which can swim and resembles a submarine, to explore the inside of the reactor for the first time on July 19.

"Never before have we taken such clear pictures of what could be melted fuel," Kimoto said at a press briefing that began at 9 p.m. Friday in Tokyo, noting that it would take time to analyze and confirm whether it is actually fuel. "We believe that the fuel melted and mixed with the metal directly underneath it. And it is highly likely that we have filmed that on Friday."


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  • (Score: 2) by snufu on Monday July 24 2017, @01:57AM

    by snufu (5855) on Monday July 24 2017, @01:57AM (#543550)

    All your regulations just kill jobs. You don't want to kill jobs do you? Who cares if we introduced a new form of orange radioactive metal into the sea. Think of it as TEPCO's glowing coral reef. Charge admission for snorkling.

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