Following the release of Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater, Japan is now trying to address the nuclear plant’s 880 tons of deadly melted nuclear fuel.
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At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on.
But Takahara said the scarcity of information from inside the nuclear reactors makes planning and development of the necessary robotic technology and a facility for the melted fuel removal extremely difficult.The projected decades-long release of treated water has been strongly opposed by fishing groups and criticized by neighboring countries. China immediately banned imports of seafood from Japan in response.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, started releasing the first batch of 7,800 tons from 10 of the group B tanks, among the least radioactive water at the plant.
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