Cosmic-ray muon technology to be used to image debris inside Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 07:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Toshiba Corporation and the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) today announced the development of a muon-based technology for imaging and mapping nuclear fuel debris inside the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. The system was developed as the part of sub-project for "Development of Fuel Debris Sensing Technology for Nuclear Reactors" financed by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.