From AFP News Agency.
A 22-metre robot arm will help remove a sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator has said, as it unveiled the snake-like device.
Dangerously high radiation levels make removing melted fuel and other debris from the plant the most daunting challenge in the decades-long decommissioning project.
Around 880 tonnes of hazardous material remain inside the power station, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents after a tsunami was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in 2011.
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