JAPAN-DISASTER-NUCLEAR-FUKUSHIMA-ROBOT

A sensor unit (C) is remotely controlled using a wired cable from the reactor probe robot PMORPH, developed by Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy and the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID), at a press preview in Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture on February 3, 2017. The robot will be remotely operated as it is inserted into the reactor at the Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1. to examine the state of fuel melted from the core. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)