Arrr matey! Fukushima be sendin' a robot to snatch the cursed nuclear treasure from the blasted reactor! Avast ye!
2024-05-28
Arrr, there be a contraption, controlled from afar, set on fetchin' wee pieces o' melted fuel from a blasted reactor in Fukushima Daiichi! 'Tis like a treasure hunt, but with deadly radiation instead o' gold!ARGH!
Avast ye, me hearties! The scallywags over at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant be showin' off a remote-controlled robot that'll be fetchin' bits of melted fuel debris from one o' three damaged reactors later this year, mark me words!The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings be plannin' to send a "telesco-style" extendable pipe robot into Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 reactor to test the removal o' debris from its primary containment vessel by October, two years behind schedule, arrr!Arrr, the removal o' melted fuel was supposed to start in 2021, but the delays be piling up faster than a ship in a storm, showin' the true difficulty o' recoverin' from the quake and tsunami in 2011.During a jolly demonstration in Kobe, Japan, the robot's tongs plucked a granule from a heap o' gravel, mateys. TEPCO aims to remove less than 1 ounce o' debris in the test at the Fukushima plant, a crucial step in the decommissioning process, says Yusuke Nakagawa, a TEPCO group manager.Arrr, about 880 tons o' highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel still lurk within the three damaged reactors. Critics be sayin' the cleanup target be too optimistic, as each reactor's damage be different, requirin' specific plans.Understanding the melted fuel debris be vital for decommissionin' the reactors. TEPCO be sendin' drones and robots into the reactors to capture images and retrieve debris, makin' progress in this treacherous journey, ye scallywags!