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Courtesy of Japan Atomic Energy Agency The debris, which was extracted from the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is seen on Wednesday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
12:51 JST, November 14, 2024
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) on Wednesday released a photo of a small piece of nuclear fuel debris which was removed from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
The debris, which was extracted by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. from the plant’s No. 2 reactor on Nov. 7, is about five millimeters in size and approximately 0.7 grams in weight. The debris was stored in a lead container and transported from the plant to the JAEA’s Oarai Nuclear Engineering Institute in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, within a sealed facility, a remotely operated device similar to a pair of tongs was used to remove the debris from its container. The JAEA said it planned to start analyzing the debris from Thursday.
