And meanwhile, back in Fukushima....
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UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2026 15:06
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The Russians are behind the San Onofre cleanup? Oh! I know what you mean. They're behind the Fukushima cleanup! That's why no remediation has even been started in the last 5 years!
How did your beloved 'democratic' party fuck up so badly?
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Quote:This is important because they need to know where the fuel is before they can even think about cleaning up. Unit 1 and Unit 2 fuel was never found. There were some core samples of rock, taken from underneath Unit 2, did seem to contain melted fuel.
Fukushima: robot images show massive deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel
Images captured by an underwater robot on Saturday showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant.
The robot found large amounts of solidified lava-like rocks and lumps in layers as thick as 1m on the bottom inside a main structure called the pedestal that sits underneath the core inside the primary containment vessel of Fukushima’s Unit 3 reactor, said the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
On Friday, the robot spotted suspected debris of melted fuel for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused multiple meltdowns and destroyed the plant. The three-day investigation of Unit 3 ended on Saturday.
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Locating and analysing the fuel debris and damage in each of the plant’s three wrecked reactors is crucial for decommissioning the plant. The search for melted fuel in the two other reactors has so far been unsuccessful because of damage and extremely high radiation levels.
Inside the pedestal of reactor No. 3 at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The operator is using an underwater robot to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown.
During this week’s probe, cameras mounted on the robot showed extensive damage caused by the core meltdown, with fuel debris mixed with broken reactor parts, suggesting the difficult challenges ahead in the decades-long decommissioning of the plant.
TEPCO spokesman Takahiro Kimoto said it would take time to analyse the debris in the images to figure out removal methods.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/23/fukushima-images-s
how-massive-deposits-thought-to-be-melted-nuclear-fuel
You really should go to the link, the video, which can't be directly linked, is impressive.
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"Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor"- William Blake
THUGR, JONESING FOR WWIII
All those guns 1kiki, are pointed towards your beloved Russia. All those cyber capabilities, pointed right at Russia. Thanks Putin, and get ready to duck.
I'll accept your apology any time, THUGR. But I know you're not man enough to give me one
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Ukraine blog guy arrested
Famous Ukrainian YouTuber ARRESTED in Japan After Breaking Into Fukushima's No-Go Zone
dubbed? seems to have AI voice over
Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream
https://torontosun.com/news/world/ukrainian-youtuber-arrested-in-japan
-over-fukushima-livestream
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Fukushima recovery plagued with setbacks
Melted fuel, radioactive soil and a struggling fishing industry are some of the lingering legacies of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, writes John LaForge
https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/09/22/fukushima-recovery-p
lagued-with-setbacks/
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Fukushima nuclear plant clean up faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
The start of full-scale removal of melted fuel debris at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan will be delayed for several years, the latest setback announced by the plant's operator.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, or TEPCO, said it will need 12 to 15 years of preparation – or until 2037 or later...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fukushima-nuclear-plant-clean-up-faces-ne
w-delay-radioactive-material/
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Japan walks final mile to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant—15 years after Fukushima
https://www.firstpost.com/world/japan-walks-final-mile-to-restart-worl
ds-biggest-nuclear-plant-15-years-after-fukushima-13962043.html
World’s biggest nuclear power plant to restart 15 years after Fukushima meltdown despite fears of another disaster
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37711276/nuclear-plant-restart-fukushima
-meltdown-fears/
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Bear chases man in Fukushima, Japan
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