By YU KOTSUBO/ Staff Writer
December 25, 2020 at 18:00 JST
A robotic arm under development in Britain to be used for collecting melted fuel at the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant (Provided by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.)
The government and operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant announced they had abandoned plans to start removing melted nuclear fuel and other contaminated debris from the stricken facility within 2021, citing delayed development in Britain of a robotic arm crucial for the purpose. [Read More]
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