US EditionDrone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris
Micro-drones captured images of a hole and likely melted fuel debris in Fukushima Unit 3, aiding TEPCO's planning for debris removal starting in fiscal 2037, with 880 tons of debris present.
- Micro-drones sent into a damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor showed a hole in the steel container of the core, with lumps of likely melted fuel debris hanging from it.
- The footage was taken during a two-week mission to collect data from inside the Unit 3 reactor, which melted down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
- The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, plans further probes and sampling to analyze the melted fuel and develop strategies for its removal, which could take decades.
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Masaki Kuwajima, a spokesman for the power company Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, confirmed the existence of the hole.
Drone Video From Inside Fukushima Reactor Shows Hole in Pressure Vessel, Likely Fuel Debris
A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant showed a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely melted fuel debris hanging from it...
TEPCO releases video of possible fuel debris beneath Fukushima No.3 reactor
The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has released the first drone video of an above-water area located directly beneath one of the reactor pressure vessels. The footage shows adhesions that the company says may be nuclear fuel debris, or a mixture of molten fuel and surrounding structural materials.
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Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris
A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting of a pressure vessel bottom since the meltdown
A very small drone clip, sent inside one of the three reactions from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, showed a large hole in the oil container with large walls of...
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