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"...setup errors in the retrieval device forced [TEPCO] to suspend the first attempt to remove [melted nuclear fuel] debris"
"TEPCO plans to connect 5 pipes, numbered from 1 through 5...and use them to push the debris retrieval device into the No. 2 reactor's containment vessel"
"But the pipes were mistakenly placed in the order of 2, 3, 4, 1 and 5"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240822/p2g/00m/0na/020000c
🔸Wondering if the incompetency is intentional as removing the debris raises the problem of finding a final disposal site🤔