A drone assisted by a snake-like robot has captured the first images inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant since its meltdown.
A drone assisted by a snake-like robot has captured the first images from inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant since its meltdown disaster 13 years ago.The drone, which was sent to the site in March, was the first camera to capture the extent of the devastation from inside the containment structure of reactor No.1, the hardest-hit of its six reactors in the nuclear accident of March 2011.
The lightweight drone was specially designed by TEPCO to squeeze into the first floor of reactor No.1. TEPCO officials said they were unable to tell from the images whether the dangling lumps were melted fuel or melted equipment without obtaining other data such as radiation levels. The drone was also unable to reach the bottom of the core, a setback due in part to the darkness and poor visibility from inside the nuclear power plant.
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