Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has introduced a 22-meter-long robotic arm, resembling a snake, to extract radioactive waste samples from inside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to conduct additional inspections at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture after Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) employees improperly managed secret documents related to anti-terrorism measures.