Robot will try to remove nuclear debris from Japan's destroyed reactor

FILE - Photos show a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on April 4, 2023. The company announced on May 28, 2024, plans to retrieve tiny bits of fuel debris from one of the reactors using a robot later this year.

The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year for the first time since the 2011 meltdown.