> TEPCO plans to remove less than 3 grams (0.1 ounce) of debris in the test at the Fukushima plant.
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> About 880 tons of highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the three damaged reactors
talk about starting small
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> About 880 tons of highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the three damaged reactors
talk about starting small
I couldn't find fuel weight in a BWR-3, but a RBMK reactor (Chernobyl) contains between 150 and 200 tons of Uranium. Now, a RBMK runs natural uranium, so you're going to be using more fuel for the same power, but it suggests the number isn't totally whack.
I would not be surprised by it being a typo, but depending on what you include in "melted fuel" (fuel assembly, reactor parts, etc), 880 tons isn't outrageously high either.