Melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima No. 1 unit

Melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima No. 1 unit

TOKYO, Japan - This handout photo taken on April 10, 2011, from a video taken by a compact unmanned helicopter shows the building housing the No. 1 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of plant, said on May 12 the melted nuclear fuel has created holes at the bottom of the reactor's pressure vessel. (Photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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