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Coverage dated September 9, 2024

A robot resumes mission to retrieve a piece of melted fuel from inside a damaged Fukushima reactor

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

An operation to send an extendable robot into one of three damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to bring back a tiny gravel of melted fuel debris has

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    A robot resumes mission to retrieve a piece of melted fuel from inside a damaged Fukushima reactor (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    An operation to send an extendable robot into one of three damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to bring back a tiny gravel of melted fuel debris has

  2. NBC Chicago

    A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century (opens NBC Chicago)

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    A small robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant to retrieve a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from the bottom.

  3. CBS News

    Challenging next phase of Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup begins with robot set to gather nuclear fuel debris (opens CBS News)

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    Japanese officials launch a complex mission to retrieve a sample of melted fuel debris from a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

  4. The Diplomat

    A Robot Begins Removal of Melted Fuel From the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. It Could Take a Century. (opens The Diplomat)

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    The robot’s two-week trip is a crucial step in a decades-long process to decommission the plant and deal with large amounts of highly radioactive melted fuel inside.

  5. Washington Times

    Robot begins two-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant (opens Washington Times)

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    An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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