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6. Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report 2017
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 05:42 PM
Feb 2017
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2017/1371751_10469.html
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report 2017[/font]
[font size=4]Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report (Jan 31,2017)[/font]
[font size=5]Recent Topics:IMAGES INSIDE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 2 NEED FURTHER EXAMINATION INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF FUEL DEBRIS[/font]

Additional information likely to be obtained when Scorpion robot is sent in soon

[font size=3]TOKYO, Jan. 31-A camera placed inside the Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) of Unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has captured intriguing images that may be fuel debris from the March 2011 accident, but further examination is necessary before that can be verified.

Reports that have been widely circulated in the media may be premature, TEPCO Holdings believes. Images said by some reports to be of “black chunks” may in fact turn out to be fuel debris, but may also be the result of missing paint or rust discoloration.

TEPCO Holdings recognizes that the matter has generated great public interest because a sighting of fuel debris would represent an important ‘first.’ But it is important that TEPCO Holdings carefully verifies what these images appear to be showing before reaching conclusions.

The pictures can be viewed at http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2017/images/handouts_170130_02-e.pdf.

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