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Robotic arm begins new attempt to extract Fukushima melted fuel
Original: A 72-foot robotic arm began squeezing into a wrecked reactor in Japan through a 22-inch opening on Friday, with months of cutting steel out of its path by water jet ahead of it, and the two grabs before it recovered less than a gram of the 880 tons still in the pla
A 72-foot robotic arm has begun reaching into a wrecked reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, squeezing through a 22-inch opening on Friday after months of cutting obstructing steel with water jets. The operation targets an estimated 880 tons of melted nuclear fuel, though two previous recovery attempts retrieved less than a gram. The slow, painstaking cleanup continues more than a decade after the disaster, with progress closely watched for signs the decommissioning can advance.
Why now: A new phase in the long-running Fukushima fuel-removal effort is underway, with scrutiny of its painfully slow pace.
Fukushima DaiichiTokyo Electric Power CompanyJapan
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