After being suspended over a technical issue, the Fukushima nuclear plant operator will resume operations next week to remove a sample of extremely nuclear material, according to reports.
The most difficult part of decommissioning the original power plant, which was hit by a severe wave in 2011, is still the removal of the estimated 880 tons of highly nuclear gas and debris inside the original power plant.
The inside of a room with far too much radiation for people to enter, so engineers started putting together an extendable gadget next month to try to remove a small sample.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company ( TEPCO ) however had to stop the process after realizing that remote cameras on the equipment were not displaying images to the control center.
According to the Asahi Shimbun everyday and other local media reports, TEPCO on Friday announced it would continue the treatment on Monday after replacing the devices with brand-new people.
TEPCO representatives were unable to ensure the information right away.
One of the worst nuclear accidents ever to occur at Fukushima’s six reactors resulted in the collapse of three of the six reactors.
Japan began releasing into the Pacific Ocean last year some of the 540 Olympic swimming pools ‘ worth of reactor cooling water that it had collected since the catastrophe.
Although Tokyo insists the transfer is safe, a watch supported by the UN nuclear company, China and Russia also imposed a ban on Chinese seafood goods as a result.
Beijing next month stated that it would “gradually profile” importing shellfish from Japan after enforcing the blanket restrictions.
Harrods, a luxurious London office shop, started selling peaches grown in the area last month as part of a TEPCO initiative to promote meals from the Fukushima region.
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