A robot begins removing molten fuel from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. It could take a century

TOKYO (AP) — A tall robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a challenging two-week mission to retrieve the first small amount of molten fuel residue from the bottom. The robot’s journey to the Unit 2 reactor is a crucial first step for what comes next: a daunting, … Read more