TOKYO: Lava-like rocks believed to be melted nuclear fuel have been spotted inside Japan’s stricken Fukushima reactor by an underwater robot, the plant’s operator said at the end of a three-day inspection. 3 reactor, the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said. The three-day investigation using the small, remote controlled underwater robot, which is about the size of a loaf of bread, ended Saturday, the spokesman said. In February, TEPCO sent another robot into one of three damaged reactors where radiation levels have hit record highs. 2 reactor was aborted as the robot had difficulty moving and could not reach its target destination beneath the pressure vessel, through which nuclear fuel is believed to have melted.

Source: Manila Times July 23, 2017 00:45 UTC