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3. "the melted fuel needs to be removed and relocated to a safer place for long-term storage as soon as possible"

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:18 AM

Sep 2024

While the melted fuel debris has been kept cool and has stabilized, the aging of the reactors poses potential safety risks, and the melted fuel needs to be removed and relocated to a safer place for long-term storage as soon as possible, experts say.

Removal of the melted fuel was initially planned to start in late 2021 but has been delayed by technical issues, underscoring the difficulty of the process. The government says decommissioning is expected to take 30-40 years, while some experts say it could take as long as 100 years.

This is what passes for ASAP, I guess.

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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2024 OP

Did we just find Orangupyoursopolis! Brainfodder Sep 2024 #1

A century? That sounds like an incredibly tedious process. underpants Sep 2024 #2

"the melted fuel needs to be removed and relocated to a safer place for long-term storage as soon as possible" progree Sep 2024 #3

One cannot interpolate the removal rate from the first tentative attempts to remove material by robot. As time Wonder Why Sep 2024 #11

That's not what they are doing progree Sep 2024 #13

Have they actually found some place for long term storage? slightlv Sep 2024 #15

Did the robot look something like this? Ray Bruns Sep 2024 #4

So when this plant went offline... Think. Again. Sep 2024 #5

Japan drastically ramped up natural gas and coal use afterwards NickB79 Sep 2024 #7

Thanks! Think. Again. Sep 2024 #9

Good luck! Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #6

Man is not happy living in paradise. slightlv Sep 2024 #16

"We've been lied to." Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #17

We look at that big blue ball slightlv Sep 2024 #18

And how much timoteus Sep 2024 #8

Kick Rec Bookmark Hekate Sep 2024 #10

Removing the melted fuel is a very bad idea. NNadir Sep 2024 #12

Delusional Envirogal Sep 2024 #19

Lots of difficulty manicdem Sep 2024 #14

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