Watch robot dig out FIRST rice-size scrap from 880 TONS of irradiated Fukushima nuclear waste…& make startling discovery

THIS is the moment a robot digs out a rice-sized scrap of nuclear fuel from 880 tons of irradiated nuclear waste and make a startling discovery.

It marks the first piece of the dangerous scrap removed from the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

AP:Associated PressThe Fukushima nuclear plant was hit by a tsunami, causing the disaster[/caption] Twitter / @nhk_fukushimaThe robot grabbed a rice-sized sample from a waste mound[/caption] Twitter / @nhk_fukushimaJapanese...