THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 5, 2023 at 17:03 JST
An image taken just beneath the No. 1 reactor’s pressure vessel shows that concrete remains in areas of the pedestal that are higher than debris, but steel reinforcing bars are exposed in lower areas. (Provided by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to re-evaluate the ability of a pedestal inside the No. 1 reactor at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to withstand a major earthquake after a robotic probe confirmed that it had been heavily damaged. [Read More]
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