TOKYO — An underwater robot captured images of solidified lava-like rocks Friday 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 containing fuel that had flowed out of the core into the primary containment vessel of the Unit 3 reactor at Fukushima.
Stories Related to Possible Melted Fuel Seen For First Time At Fukushima Plant
MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press, The Columbian
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 11:56am
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