Camera images from inside Fukushima reactor 2

There's finally been a bit more interesting news about the Fukushima reactor situation. (The following picture is what the reactor buildings currently look like from the outside.)
On Thursday, January 19th a camera was inserted through the wall of the reactor number 2 containment vessel to get images from within. The following diagram shows where the camera was inserted and the locations of where the images were taken.

One of the main reasons for looking into the reactor was to check the level of the water inside, and to check the general condition as well. These are the actual images from inside the reactor.

For more details on this story, please click on the following link to the Japan Times article on this subject...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120120a1.html

Here's another interesting article. A Japan based scientist group suggested using muon cosmic rays as a way to x-ray the interior of the reactors to determine the exact location of the melted nuclear fuel...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120120f1.html

Japan Times English Language Newspaper

For those of you who are interested in getting more news direct from Japan, I would like to recommend the homepage of the Japan Times newspaper. The Japan Times is a Japanese based newspaper which is written in English. The homepage articles may not be as in depth as the newspaper itself, but it's a great way to get current news from Japan.

The following is the link to the Japan Times...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

You can also find this on the links column of this blog.