May 27. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, Tokyo Electric Power Company of Japan recently released the internal picture of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, saying that the robot it sent detected neutrons at multiple points inside the No. 1 unit, and some The regional detection value is extremely high, according to which it is inferred that the large amount of accumulation previously found inside the No. 1 unit is likely to be fuel debris.
Inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant.Image source: Screenshot of the video of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK)
The report pointed out that how to remove the fuel debris has always been considered the biggest difficulty in the abandoned furnace of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. TEPCO plans to conduct a detailed analysis of the fuel debris through robotic sampling in the future.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake occurred in the waters off northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami, causing heavy casualties and the Fukushima nuclear accident.
