21-07-2017 14:43 via seattletimes.com

Possible melted fuel seen for first time at Fukushima plant

TOKYO (AP) — An underwater robot captured images of lava-like lumps Thursday inside a damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, spotting for the first time what is believed to be nuclear fuel that melted six years ago. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the robot found large amounts of lava-like debris, apparently […]
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