TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year for the first time since the 2011 meltdown. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings plans to deploy a “telesco-style” extendable […]
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James Webb Space Telescope forecasts clouds of melted rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has performed a weather report for a distant planet. The powerful space telescope forecasts extreme wind speeds, blisteringly hot temperatures and blankets of rock clouds for the world, named Wasp-43b. As such, the extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” demonstrates just how strange alien planets outside the solar system can be. […]
Dad of Lacey Fletcher, Who ‘Melted’ into Couch, Claims Maggot-Infested Sofa Was ‘Her Sanctuary’
Clay and Sheila Fletcher were sentenced to 40 years in prison with 20 years suspended Lacey Fletcher The father of 36-year-old Lacey Fletcher, whose dead body was found “melted” into a maggot-infested couch, claimed the sofa was his daughter’s “comfort” in the lead up to her death. Clay Fletcher, who was sentenced to 40 years […]
Images taken deep inside melted Fukushima reactor show damage, but leave many questions unanswered
TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions unanswered, underscoring the daunting task of decommissioning the plant. The 12 photos released by the plant’s operator are the first from inside the main […]
Even liberal justices agree Trump should stay on ballot. Progressives still melted down.
Super Tuesday is nearly upon us, when 15 states and one territory will cast their vote in presidential primaries. Thanks to a definitive ruling Monday, former President Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in all of the states. Colorado and other states had tried to keep Trump off the primary ballot because of his […]
A small drone flies into a damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor for the first time to study melted fuel
TOKYO (AP) — A drone small enough to fit in one’s hand flew inside one of the damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday in hopes it can examine some of the molten fuel debris in areas where earlier robots failed to reach. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings also began releasing the […]