About 880 tonnes of highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the plant's reactors, about 10 times the fuel that was removed in the clean-up of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979.
abc.net.au/news/new-pictures-from-inside-fukushima-reactor-spark-safety-con/102193676An underwater probe has captured images of the inside of one of the three melted reactors at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, triggering concerns about earthquake resistance in the case of another major disaster.
Plant operator TEPCO has been sending robotic probes inside the plant to help formulate a plan to remove radioactive debris The new images, released on Tuesday, show the area inside the Unit 1 pedestal, a supporting structure right underneath the reactor's core, where traces of melted fuel are most likely to be found.
About 880 tonnes of highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the three reactors, about 10 times the damaged fuel that was removed from the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the United States after its 1979 partial core meltdown.
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