Indyplus video: Fukushima nuclear clean-up enters most delicate stage yet
It has been dubbed a catastrophe in the making and even the potential trigger for mankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. This month, nuclear engineers are set to begin removing thousands of highly radioactive spent fuel rods from the pool where they have precariously lain since the plant was pummelled by a huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
Watch archive footage of the Fukushima nuclear reactor explosion below:
Nipon Network television coverage
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