"We believe the test removal of fuel debris from Unit 2 is an important part of the decommissioning work to be carried out," Yusuke Nakagawa, team manager at TEPCO, told Associated Press. "We believe it is important to proceed with the test removal of fuel debris in a safe and reliable manner."
TEPCO and the government have said they'd like the whole site cleared and decontaminated by 2050 - which has been described as optimistic. Telesco's mission is to try and find out what state the fuel is in.
This isn't the first time TEPCO has sent robots into the ruined nuclear reactor - with mixed success. A 2015 attempt to enter Unit 1 of the reactor saw a robot explorer die after three hours in the highly radioactive area.
The government will firmly and responsibly tackle the decommissioning until the very end," insisted government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi.
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