Towards decommissioning Fukushima: 'Seeing' boron distribution in molten debris

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 08:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant just got one step closer. Japanese researchers have mapped the distribution of boron compounds in a model control rod, paving the way for determining re-criticality risk within the reactor.

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