TEPCO suspends Fukushima Daiichi reactor sample collection due to robot technical issue.
A troubled attempt to deploy a telescoping robot to gather a sample of melted nuclear fuel from Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactor has been temporarily suspended due to a technical issue. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) is currently working to correct the issue with the robot's pipes before continuing with the sample collection operation, which is a crucial first step in the decades-long decommissioning process. This data will be vital in developing future decommissioning methods and technology.
August 22, 2024
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