Following the discovery of possible nuclear fuel deposits inside the containment vessel of Unit 1 in the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO will take pictures of the deposits and their surroundings from 14th of this month. We have decided to introduce a new robot.
TEPCO investigated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 and confirmed the melted-down nuclear fuel, a deposit that may be so-called "fuel debris", around the structure supporting the reactor, and found blackish lumpy deposits and deposits. We capture objects that appear to be steel frames with images and still images.
TEPCO has announced plans to launch a new camera-equipped robot from the 14th of this month in order to investigate the sediments and surrounding areas in detail.
The plan is to collect the necessary data using a camera to investigate the shape and distribution of sediments and a robot with a built-in device to detect neutrons.
At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, of the three meltdown units, only Unit 1 has not been able to confirm deposits that appear to be "fuel debris," so TEPCO is considered to be the biggest obstacle to decommissioning based on this survey. I would like to connect it to the removal of fuel decommissioning.