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Robot spots signs of melted fuel at submerged Fukushima reactor

Robot spots signs of melted fuel at submerged Fukushima reactor

24 July 2017

An underwater robot captured images believed to be the first signs of melted nuclear reactor fuel that sank after the plant’s 2011 failure

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