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Japan shuts down nuclear reactor

Japan shuts down nuclear reactor owing to glitches just days after restarting

The company is yet to announce a date on which operations will resume at the nuclear reactor located in Onagawa power plant.

ABC · 1d

Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again

A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant ha

Newsday · 7d

Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions.

Interesting Engineering on MSN · 2d

Robot retrieves first piece of melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor

The sample was collected from a mound of molten fuel debris from the base of Fukushima's reactor number 2's primary containment vessel. The fuel sample was then transferred to an enclosed container after retrieval by workers in full HAZMAT gear.

Newsweek on MSN · 7d

Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor 13 Years After Massive Earthquake

In the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, Japan decommissioned all 54 of its commercial nuclear reactors for safety reassessments and upgrades. Now, 13 out of the 33 viable reactors have been reactivated, with Onagawa No. 2 being the latest to join.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ... on the bottom of the No. 2 reactor’s primary containment ...

StringersHub on MSN · 17h

Japan: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan - October 24, 2024 Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct.

Kyodo News on MSN · 2d

URGENT: Japan nuclear reactor in 2011 disaster area stops days after restart

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan was halted Monday for checks, the plant operator said, just days after it became the first to restart in the region since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

The Brighterside of News on MSN1d

First-ever compact nuclear reactor can operate for eight years without water

In a groundbreaking development poised to reshape the energy landscape of Saskatchewan, Canada, a compact nuclear reactor ...

Interesting Engineering on MSN8d

60 MW: Small Swiss nuclear reactor to supercharge data centers, feed hungry AI

Deep Atomic, a Switzerland-based startup, has unveiled plans for a small modular reactor (SMR) to satisfy data centers' ...

EurekAlert!2d

Building the materials for the next generation of nuclear reactor

The point of this irradiation process is to replicate the effect of neutrons bombarding the material, as would happen in a nuclear reactor. Typically, this testing uses a beam of heavy ions, such ...

Could Fort Drum be the first site for an advanced nuclear reactor in New York state?

Fort Drum, the U.S. Army base outside Watertown, could become the first New York site to try advanced nuclear power ...

Princeton 3D-Printed a Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has constructed a fusion reactor from parts it 3D-printed and bought off the shelf. It fits on a kitchen table. It’s a simple-sounding machine—a glass tube coated ...