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 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Former Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata arrives at Tokyo District Court ...

during the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear meltdowns, died on Oct. 21, Tepco said Thursday. He was 84. A funeral was held in private among close family members. Tepco currently ...

2 reactor at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The remotely operated device retrieved a small amount of debris at 10:30 a.m. Tepco was set to pull out the removal device from the containment ...

Kansai's net profit fell to 228.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in the six months ending September from 371 billion yen in the year earlier period, while Tepco's profit slid to 189.6 billion yen from ...