STORY: This drone is set to be deployed to the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plantas part of an ongoing decommissioning process by operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) The drones and a snake-shaped robot will be dispatched to survey a damaged reactor almost 13 years after its core melted down and triggered one of the worst nuclear disasters in history (Shoichi Shinzawa, Project manager// Tepco) "This is the first time that a drone will be used to conduct an inspection of the first floor of the nuclear reactor's containment vessel, so we will make sure to carry out the survey with a safety-first mindset, checking the procedures and instructions one by one and ensuring safety at all times."Tepco is still in the process of trying to understand the extent of the damage and how to remove the molten fuel, a process experts say will take decades