In a potentially huge break in the effort to decommission the reactor at the Fukushima site, Tokyo Electric Power Co. released images taken from a small robot that appears to have located melted nuclear fuel inside one of the wrecked rectors. Knowing the exact location and makeup of the radioactive fuel is key to devising a plan to remove it. The decades-long cleanup effort is projected to cost in the ballpark of $72 billion, (and take 40 years). "

Bloomberg

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