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...


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