NHK Documentary S2016E23: Decommissioning Fukushima: Removing Nuclear Debris
- Aired: 2016-07-31
- Time: 23:10:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
In 2011, 3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered meltdowns. The operator plans to decommission the plant within 40 years. But the people involved in the process face a critical challenge: locating and removing tons of hardened nuclear debris. Engineers are trying to develop special robots and experimenting with life-size replicas of the reactors. In this program, we report from the frontline of efforts to deal with the fuel debris.