Robot squeezes suspected nuclear fuel debris in Fukushima reactor

A robot outfitted with remotely controlled pinchers poked at debris that’s suspected to contain molten nuclear fuel at the bottom of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, World Nuclear News reports. The poking and prodding is part of the ongoing cleanup effort at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the site of a major nuclear accident in 2011.The dextrous robot was dangled into the Unit 2 reactor on February 13th, according to a news release from the plant’s operator,