A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

Watch robot dig out FIRST scrap from deadly nuke waste from Fukushima reactor

THIS is the moment a robot digs out a rice-sized scrap of nuclear fuel from 880 tons of irradiated nuclear waste and make a startling discovery. It marks the first piece of the dangerous scrap removed from the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Associated PressThe Fukushima nuclear plant was hit by a tsunami, causing the disaster[/caption] Twitter / @nhk_fukushimaThe robot grabbed a rice-sized sample from a waste mound[/caption] Tw…

Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup

A robot at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel in what officials said was the start of the cleanup.

Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled by robot from ruined Japanese nuclear reactor

Much about the site’s highly radioactive interior remains a mystery

A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup - Seymour Tribune

TOKYO (AP) — 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 said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris. The sample, the […]

In a first, Japan retrieves tiny amount of melted fuel from crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it collected small amount of melted fuel with gripper on tip of telescopic device - Anadolu Ajansı

Nuclear Fuel Debris Sample Removed At Fukushima Plant; Material To Be Analyzed Ahead Of Full-Scale Removal

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. successfully removed a small amount of nuclear fuel debris from the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Thursday.