WED 08 FEB 2017 · 13:00 · LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPERS

China Daily

Melted #fuel has escaped from the #reactor core to adjacent area beneath one of the reactors at the

“Melted #fuel has escaped from the #reactor core to adjacent area beneath one of the reactors at the wrecked #Fukushima #nuclear plant, recent robotic probes show.The #radiation level reached its highest point since the meltdown — hundreds of times above #lethal level.Researchers plan to use new #robots to get better assess of the damage. Tepco, the power company that owns the plant, says no radiation has leaked out of the reactor so far.”