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Researchers Claim To Have Drone Capable Of Fukushima Containment Flight

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, drone, fukushima, inspection, SWRI

The Southwest Research Insititute (SwRI) and University of Pennsylvania’s robotics lab claim they have a drone capable of operating inside

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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection Update

July 30, 2017July 29, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, Corium, deposit, fuel, fukushima, unit 1

TEPCO released a report with some new conclusions related to the earlier inspections of unit 1’s containment floor. The new

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TEPCO Revises Fukushima Unit 2 Radiation Readings

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, inspection, radiation, revision, unit 2

TEPCO has revised earlier radiation readings for unit 2’s containment inspection done earlier in 2017. They claimed a set of

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Fukushima Unit 3 Inspections Find More Melted Fuel

July 22, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, Corium, day 3, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, ROV, unit 3

Day 3 of the inspections inside the unit 3 pedestal have been concluded. TEPCO did not report if the ROV

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Fuel Residue Found In Fukushima Unit 3

July 22, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, Corium, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO has announced that they have found what they believe is fuel residues inside the pedestal area of unit 3.

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Inspection Starts With A Surprise

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO announced that the containment inspections for unit 3 will start today. This will include a more direct inspection than

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Fukushima Unit 2 Confirmation Of Damage Found

April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, IRID, pedestal, unit 2

IRID has released additional details about the damage found inside unit 2 on the recent inspections of the containment structures. A

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Fukushima Unit 1 More Questions Than Answers From New Inspection

March 23, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, inspection, pedestal, pmorph, unit 1

TEPCO has completed a multiple day inspection of unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi. This new work used the PMORPH robot

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Scorpion Dies In Fukushima Unit 2, Sends Back Data

February 17, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, robot, scorpion, unit 2

While the press reported Scorpion’s mission as a failure, it did provide useful data before being abandoned. The robot appears

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Pmorph Robot Prepares For Fukushima Unit 1 Entry

February 15, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, hitachi, inspection, pedestal, pmorph, robot, unit 1

An improved version of the Hitachi shape changing robot previously used at unit 1 has been unveiled by IRID. The

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Scorpion Robot To Make Suicide Mission Inside Fukushima Unit 2

February 12, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, february, fukushima, inspection, robot, scorpion, unit 2

Asahi Shimbun has announced that the Scorpion robot (aka: Sasori) will attempt to enter unit 2’s containment structure by the

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Fukushima Unit 2 High Radiation Damages New Robot

February 9, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment camera, Containment, failure, fukushima, inspection, robot, unit 2

Preparation work with a cleaning robot was abruptly abandoned today. This cleaning robot was preparing an area for the Scorpion robot to

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Fukushima Unit 2 New Radiation Readings From TEPCO

February 6, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, radiation, scope, unit 2

TEPCO has provided more information on the exact location and nature of these radiation readings provided to the press late

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Fukushima Daiichi; Progress & Problems This Week

January 30, 2017January 28, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, scope, spent fuel, unit 2, unit 3

TEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Starts Jan 18th

January 17, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, robot, scope, unit 2

TEPCO relayed verbally in the Monday press conference that the initial phase of the inspection of unit 2 containment will

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection, What You Need To Know

January 2, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, scorpion, unit 2

IRID released a report late in December, 2016 that outlines in great detail, the technical tasks involved in the upcoming

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Preparation Starts

December 25, 2016December 25, 2016 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, drilling, fukushima, inspection, rig, unit 2

TEPCO published a photo with a short explanation and no handout document. The image shows what TEPCO describes as a

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection To Happen Early 2017

September 6, 2016 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, robot, unit 2

Asahi Shimbun is reporting that TEPCO has announced they would begin the robotic containment inspection of unit 2’s containment in

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Melted Fuel To Be Sampled From Fukushima Reactors Containment

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, Corium, fukushima, james fisher nuclear, mitsubishi, sampling

A contract announcement confirms new plans for the melted reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Efforts are underway to develop the equipment

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New Plan To Inspect Fukushima Unit 1 Unveiled

January 31, 2016January 31, 2016 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, IRID, robot, shape changing, unit 1

IRID has published a new plan to complete phase 2 of the robot containment inspection of unit 1 at Fukushima

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Postponed Further

January 28, 2016 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2016, Containment, crd, fukushima, inspection, robot, unit 2

TEPCO is reporting that the effort to put a robot into unit 2’s containment has been delayed further. Work to

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Fukushima Unit 2 Deadly Radiation Levels Found Outside Containment

October 30, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, crd, fukushima, radiation, robot, unit 2

TEPCO admitted to JapanTimes via Jiji that a deadly high level of radiation was found outside of unit 2’s containment.

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Fukushima Unit 3 Second Containment Inspection Results

October 22, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, scope, sediment, underwater, unit 3

TEPCO states that data gathered will be released later. They have released some images of the second day of containment

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Fukushima Unit 3 First Photos Inside Containment

October 20, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2015, camera, Containment, fukushima, inspection, pcv, probe, scope, unit 3

TEPCO has released a set of images taken inside the containment structure of unit 3 on March 20th. This is

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Probe On October 20th

October 19, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, pcv, unit 3

TEPCO quietly announced that October 20th they would conduct the first containment inspection of unit 3. This is significant work

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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Delayed To January

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2016, Containment, delay, fukushima, inspection, january, unit 2

TEPCO announced that the problems created by the stuck shielding blocks and high radiation in the work area will require

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IAEA Report Admits Fukushima Unit 5 Worse Than Previously Stated

September 28, 2015September 24, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment accident, Containment, fukushima, over pressure, unit 5

Details found in the recent IAEA report on the Fukushima disaster admitted some key information about the events at unit

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Fukushima Unit 2 Probe Delayed By Stuck Shielding Blocks

July 31, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, crd, fukushima, hatch, robot, unit 2, x6

A row of shielding blocks were rusted to a floor rail, causing a delay in the work at unit 2

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Prepares For Containment Inspection

June 29, 2015June 30, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, crd rail, daiichi, fukushima, inspection, unit 2

A newly released document shows progress in the effort to inspect inside unit 2’s containment. At unit 1 they went

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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Torus Structures In Need Of Reinforcement

June 25, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, flooding, fukushima, IRID, pcv, reinforcement, suppression chamber, torus, toshiba

IRID published a call for proposals mid June related to research and development into a way to reinforce the torus structures

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IRID Shows Off New Robot To Help With Containment Inspections At Fukushima Daiichi

June 4, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, fukushima, IRID, robot, shield blocks, tembo

IRID has announced a new robot to help access the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The new robot named TEMBO

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Second Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Investigation Complete

April 18, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2015, Containment, fukushima, robot, unit 1

TEPCO/IRID released a very small selection of video clips from the second investigation that took place over two days along

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2nd Robot Enters Fukushima Unit 1 Containment

April 15, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2015, Containment, fukushima, inspection, robot, second, unit 1

TEPCO is reporting that the second robot has been put into containment and made 6 of the 11 data stops

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Report On Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection 2015

April 14, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, radiation, report, robot, unit 1

Hitachi’s shape changing robot (at least one of them, they have more) is abandoned and dead inside the containment of

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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Still Transmitting Data

April 11, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, robot, unit 1

Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the robot stranded inside unit 1 containment is still transmitting data. This rules out radiation

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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Failure, What We Know So Far

April 11, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, robot, unit 1

Per Yahoo News Japan, the robot died about 2/3 of the way through the planned route. Specifics about what kind

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Inspection To Start October 2015

April 8, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, fukushima, inspection, unit 3

TEPCO  and IRID recently published details on the first efforts to probe the unit 3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi. In

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Containment Inspection Starts April 10th

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, fukushima, inspection, IRID, robot, unit 1

According to a recently released handout from TEPCO and IRID the robot inspection of unit 1’s containment should commence around

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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection To Begin In April

February 6, 2015 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2015, april, Containment, fukushima, inspection, robot, unit 1

AP is reporting that Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 will get the first of three anticipated containment inspections in early April

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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 3; Testing The Goo

November 19, 2014November 17, 2014 Nancy Foust 0 Comment cement, Containment, daiichi, fukushima, IRID, plug, water

IRID has made some progress on their research to find ways to seal the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The

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