Bad news from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactor

Bad news from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactor WDEF News 12 TOKYO — Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ...http://www.wdef.com/2017/02/17/bad-news-from-japans-wrecked-fukushima-nuclear-reactor/ Fukushima fuel-removal quest leaves trail of dead robots - The Japan Times http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/17/national/fukushima-fuel-removal-quest-leaves-trail-dead-robots/    Another robot just broke down investigating Fukushima's record high radiation levels - The Verg http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14652274/fukushima-nuclear-robot-power-plant-radiation-decomission-tepco   Robot probes show Fukushima reactor debris worse than expected - CTV News http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/robot-probes-show-fukushima-reactor-debris-worse-than-expected-1.3289577  Robot probes show Japan reactor cleanup worse than expected CBS News - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ TOKYO — Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the remote-controlled “scorpion” robot ... Another robot just broke down investigating Fukushima's record high radiation levels The Verge - ‎21 hours ago‎ Another robot has died in the depths of one of Fukushima's nuclear reactors, as attempts to locate and remove melted radioactive fuel continue. This is the second robot in two weeks to meet its end in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan ... Japanese reactor cleanup worse than expected KRMG - ‎22 hours ago‎ This Feb. 16, 2017 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) shows a remote-controlled "scorpion" robot inside the Unit 2 reactor's containment vessel at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern ... Robot surveys Fukushima Daiichi containment vessel World Nuclear News - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) yesterday sent a robot into the primary containment vessel of the damaged unit 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. Although the robot was unable to reach the part of the vessel directly under the reactor ... Melted Nuclear Fuel Search Proceeds One Dead Robot at a Time Bloomberg - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ The latest robot seeking to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six year ago in Japan's wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant met its end in less than a day. The scorpion-shaped machine, built by Toshiba Corp., entered the No. Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown 'Worse Than Expected' Daily Caller - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ Robotic probes sent into Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant say the damage is worse than expected and could pose problems for the ongoing cleanup. These probes found higher-than-expected radiation levels inside the Fukushima's Unit 2 ... Play Video Asahi Shimbun - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ The Sasori robot surveys the interior of the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant before getting stuck and being abandoned on Feb. 16. (Provided by International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning). Record Radiation Aborts Robot Mission Inside Fukushima Reactor Sputnik International - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ In a bid to investigate the extent of the March 2011 Fukushima meltdown, the largest atomic accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a robot dispatched inside the ruined Japanese facility has had its mission aborted, Tokyo Electric Power company ... High radiation levels may have caused robot to stop working in damaged Fukushima reactor ecns - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday its attempt to retrieve data from a robot from inside the No. 2 reactor had failed possibly due to extremely high levels of radiation. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc ... Damage inside No. 2 reactor building at Fukushima plant greater than expected The Mainichi - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ Damage within the No. 2 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant was found to be greater than expected, based on images sent back by a robot sent into the structure by plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in a mission that ... Three Robots Abandoned at Fukushima Bloomberg - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ The latest robot seeking to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel that melted down six years ago in Japan's Fukushima power plant has met its end in less than a day. Two previous robots aborted similar missions. Bloomberg's Aaron Clark reports on ... Robot survey of severely damaged Fukushima reactor ends in failure The Mainichi - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ Reactor caption 0217 Richard This photo taken by a scorpion-shaped robot shows the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant's No. 2 reactor building. In the upper left part of the photo is a passage leading directly beneath the reactor. (Photo courtesy of ... High radiation levels cause robot failure in damaged Fukushima reactor domain-B - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ Extremely high radiation levels in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have aborted an attempt by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO) to retrieve data from a robot inside the No 2 reactor. The company said yesterday that the ... 'Scorpion' robot mission inside Fukushima reactor aborted The Nation - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ TOKYO - A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power company said Thursday. TEPCO, the operator ... 'Scorpion' robot fails in Fukushima-reactor search WND.com - ‎Feb 16, 2017‎ Cheryl K. Chumley is a journalist, columnist, public speaker and author of "The Devil in DC." and "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality." She is also a journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation in Washington, D.C ... TEPCO aborts robot survey of reactor after malfunction The Japan News - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday a self-propelled survey robot was unable to reach a target area under the pressure vessel of the crippled No. 2 reactor at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. Robot Stops Working in Fukushima Reactor NHK WORLD - ‎Feb 17, 2017‎ The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it suspended a survey by a robot at one of its reactors after the device stopped working. Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, sent the scorpion-shaped robot into the ...