The small amount of nuclear fuel debris removed in experimental operations at the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Thursday weighed approximately 0.7 grams, Tokyo Electric ...

2 reactor's primary containment vessel, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. Radiation levels around the debris have been confirmed to be below 24 millisieverts per hour, a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex said Thursday it successfully retrieved a small amount of melted fuel from the No. 2 reactor damaged in the ...

The Tajimi area in Gifu prefecture, home to traditional pottery and ceramics referred to as Minoyaki (Mino ceramic ware), is Japan's biggest production center for tiles used mainly for home interiors.

After experiencing suspensions in the retrieval trial that started at the No. 2 unit in August, TEPCO announced on Wednesday that its recovery device, with claws attached at its tip, grasped a ...

TEPCO is using a pipe-like retrieval device to collect debris accumulating at the bottom of the containment vessel. On Wednesday, the device successfully grabbed a small piece of debris ...

After experiencing suspensions in the retrieval trial that started at the No. 2 unit in August, TEPCO announced on Wednesday that its recovery device, with claws attached at its tip, grasped a ...

Tepco said that it grabbed debris on Wednesday using a claw-like tool attached to the tip of a retrieval device shaped like a fishing rod. On Saturday, the company spent about an hour pulling the ...