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TEPCO will float balloon inside Fukushima reactor No.1

Tepco planning to float balloon inside Reactor 1 in early August — Inspecting top floor with spent fuel pool http://enenews.com/tepco-planning-float-balloon-inside-reactor-1-early-august-inspecting-top-floor-spent-fuel-pool    August 1st, 2012   By ENENews

(Subscription Only) Title:   TEPCO floats balloon plan to inspect reactor’s top floor
Source: AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Date: July 31, 2012
[Tepco] plans to inspect the top floor of the No. 1 reactor building using a balloon equipped with cameras, possibly in early August.
The plan.. is part of preparations for extracting nuclear fuel from a spent fuel storage pool on the top floor of the No. 1 reactor building….

Inspection from above is difficult, because the No. 1 reactor building has been encased in a protective shield since October.

TEPCO plans to inspect the top floor of the building by floating a balloon equipped with four cameras through an opening in the ceiling that extends from the ground floor to the fifth floor….

August 2, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2012