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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel.

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Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel.

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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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Nuclear fuel in the reactor cores melted after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's cooling systems to fail
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    But isn’t the amount you can recycle limited?

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      This place says 96% https://www.orano.group/en/unpacking-nuclear/all-about-used-fuel-processing-and-recycling

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        Ooooh. Is there a catch? Are the Fukushima spent fuel caskets all fully recycled?

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          Looks like the soil is going to https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/4895fe8d3ef8-japans-plan-to-reuse-decontaminated-soil-in-fukushima-safe-iaea.html?phrase=defense budget poll&words=

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            But what about their 307cu³ and counting of spent fuel?

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