TOKYO — The operator of the disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan said this week's trial removal of radioactive debris from a damaged reactor has been postponed due to a technical issue.
TOKYO — The operator of the disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan said this week's trial removal of radioactive debris from a damaged reactor has been postponed due to a technical issue.Tokyo Electric Power Co. was planning to remove a tiny sample of the estimated 880 tons of radioactive debris believed to sit inside reactors at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant.
Three of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's six reactors were operating when a tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, knocking down cooling systems and sending them into meltdown in what became the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.In three units of the Fukushima plant, fuel and other material melted and then solidified into highly radioactive 'fuel debris.
Defers Removal Of Fukushima Debris
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