By FUMI YADA/ Staff Writer
June 19, 2024 at 07:00 JST
Specialized equipment resembling an extendable fishing pole had to be designed for the delicate process of collecting the nuclear fuel debris. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. holds a demonstration in Kobe on May 28. (Takuya Tanabe)
KOBE--A specialized device resembling a fishing rod will be used to “hook” tiny bits of melted nuclear fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. [Read More]
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