TEPCO starts inspection over melted nuclear fuel

TEPCO starts inspection over melted nuclear fuel

File photo taken in February 2017 shows a robot that is being used to inspect conditions inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's No. 1 reactor, which suffered a meltdown following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started the inspection with the camera-equipped robot on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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