![]() A Robot Captured Photos of What Might Be Melted Nuclear Fuel Inside Fukushima's Reactor No. One of the several brave robots to make one- way trips into Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant’s severely damaged reactors has accomplished what its less fortunate compatriots did not, sending back photos of what appears to be melted nuclear fuel from the interior of the ruined facility. The remotely controlled Toshiba robot, which is similar in design to a submarine, managed to gain some glimpses of “a hardened black, grey and orange substance” pooled below reactor No. Bloomberg reported on Friday. Search metadata Search full text of books Search TV captions Search archived web sites Advanced Search. Ever notice how Christopher Nolan’s movies (Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige) feel like an anxiety attack? Well, maybe that’s overstating things a bit. But. The 3638323 to 1605548 a 1450464 of 14434154 in 1270284 on 508384 that 503295 is 492114 said 487849 with 423779 at 408185. ![]() Officials with Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. believe the substance is the remains of atomic fuel rods, which melted through and fused with other structural components of the reactor. Identifying precisely where the melted- down materials are, and what they are composed of, is critical to the ongoing Tepco cleanup efforts. Never before have we taken such clear pictures of what could be melted fuel,” utility official Takahiro Kimoto told reporters, per Bloomberg. We believe that the fuel melted and mixed with the metal directly underneath it. And it is highly likely that we have filmed that on Friday.” After the 2. Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami triggered the plant’s meltdown, over 1. The reactors at Fukushima remain extremely dangerous: In February 2. No. 2 reached at least 6. Tepco robots. While the cleanup is expected to take decades and has an estimated $7.
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