Robot spots suspected debris of melted fuel for first time since 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plantImages captured by an underwater robot on Saturday showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant. Locating and analysing the fuel debris and damage in each of the plant’s three wrecked reactors is crucial for decommissioning the plant. The search for melted fuel in the two other reactors has so far been unsuccessful because of damage and extremely high radiation levels. 3 at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. TEPCO spokesman Takahiro Kimoto said it would take time to analyse the debris in the images to figure out removal methods.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2017 00:56 UTC