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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century (apnews.com)
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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because they're going to use specialized cranes to pull that shit out and bury it over the next 100 years (special military operation pending). It was installed with the New Safe Confinement. The entire point of the NSC was to protect the site from disturbance and collapse while they waited for it to be safe enough to disassemble the plant.