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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

SHOCKING: A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup - You Need To See This

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday.

The move was described as a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris.

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