New Images Offer First Glimpse Inside Damaged Fukushima Reactor But Fuel's Fate Still Unclear

• Images from drones inside damaged Fukushima reactor show displaced equipment and deformed materials, but many questions remain on damage and melted fuel • First internal images from inside key structural support under reactor core, attempts before unsuccessful • About 880 tons of highly radioactive melted fuel remains in 3 damaged reactors; Images aimed to locate fuel to aid future removal • Photos show dangling brown material of various shapes/sizes, uncertain if fuel or melted equipment without more data • Cleanup schedule optimistic given large unknowns; Data from probe could aid future tech to remove melted fuel