Challenging next phase of Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup begins with robot set to gather nuclear fuel debris [CBS News]
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Highly radioactive fuel and other materials in the reactors melted when a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 damaged the plant's cooling systems. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, has previously used small robots to examine the inside of the reactors, but Tuesday was to be the first attempt by the robot and its operators to collect a sample of the melted debris. The operation marks the beginning of the most challenging part of the plant's decades-long decommissioning. The mission was initially scheduled to begin on Aug. 22 but was suspended when workers noticed that the 5-foot pipes they were using to push the robot into the reactor had been arranged in the wrong order, TEPCO said. The equipment was reassembled in the right order for Tuesday's attempt, the company said. Once inside the reactor vessel, the robot, nicknamed "telesco," is operated remotely from a safer location. The robot can extend to a length of about 72 feet, including the pipes
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