Fukushima operators send robot into worst-hit melted reactor | ABC News

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On Tuesday, a remote-controlled robot was deployed to examine the most severely damaged nuclear reactor at Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant, as officials press on with clean-up efforts that have been plagued by delays and controversy. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the plant’s operator, said the underwater robot was launched inside Unit 1’s primary containment vessel to build a directing route for five following robots that would try to assess and gather samples of the melted fuel that produces lethal levels of radiation. The robot-led work, which had been postponed owing to technical issues since mid-January, is scheduled to last a few days before full-fledged investigations commence. Over the following few months, five more robots co-developed by Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy and the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning, government-funded cooperation, will be sent in for the inquiry. 

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/fukushima-operators-send-robot-worst-hit-melted-reactor-82740751 

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