NHK Documentary Season 18 Episode 23 Decommissioning Fukushima: Removing Nuclear Debris 2016
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In 2011, 3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered meltdowns. The operator plans to decommission the plant within 40 years. But the people involved in the process face a critical challenge: locating and removing tons of hardened nuclear debris. Engineers are trying to develop special robots and experimenting with life-size replicas of the reactors. In this program, we report from the frontline of efforts to deal with the fuel debris.
- Released: 2016-07-31
- Runtime: 57 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
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