Fukushima continues

Thirteen years after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan, causing a catastrophic meltdown, the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., sent a fishing rod-like robotic device into one of the plant's three damaged reactors to extract the first tiny piece of radioactive material.

AP News reports that Tepco successfully retrieved 2 inches of radioactive material from a mound of molten fuel debris on the bottom of the No. 2 reactor. The 3-gram (0.1-ounce) piece will provide crucial data for the plant's operator to proceed with a decommissioning strategy...

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