TOKYO: Technicians tested the radiation level of debris from inside a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima plant on Tuesday (Nov 5) after it was removed by a robot for the first time since the nuclear power station was hit by a tsunami in 2011.

A robot has recovered a highly radioactive sample from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. This was preceded by a number of mishaps.

Small sample to aid in planning the safe decommissioning of the nuclear plant, which contains an estimated 880 tons of highly radioactive molten fuel

A remote-controlled robot has retrieved the first piece of melted nuclear fuel from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The piece will now be analyzed to assess how radioactive materials at the site have degraded over time.

This is the first physical extraction of melted fuel from within the reactor containment vessel, a milestone in the challenging decommissioning process of the damaged Fukushima plant

(Kyodo News via AP, File) FILE - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, also known as TEPCO, the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reveals a robot to be used to retrieve debris at the power plant in Kobe, western Japan ...

Around 800 tonnes of fatally radioactive molten fuel remains in the plants, and the mission is a step in a long-term clean-up operation A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time