Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJapan’s Ministry of the Environment estimates that it has bagged 3.5 billion gallons of soil, and plans to collect much more. The condition and location of this molten fuel debris are still largely unknown. The plan is to completely seal the containment vessels, fill them with water and use robots to find and remove the molten fuel debris. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyTokyo Electric hopes to begin removing fuel debris from the reactor cores in 2021. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We want to return it to a safe state,” said Yuichi Okamura, general manager of the company’s nuclear power and plant siting division.

Source: New York Times March 11, 2017 22:01 UTC