Toshiba unveils robot to probe melted Fukushima plant nuclear fuel - Japan Today

Toshiba unveils robot to probe melted Fukushima plant nuclear fuel - Japan Today: Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs on Monday that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and grip chunks of highly radioactive melted fuel. The device is designed to slide down an extendable…