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Japan starts removing melted nuclear fuel 13 years after Fukushima disaster

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant still contains approximately 880 tons of highly radioactive material.

Tokyo Electric Power Company has begun a pilot operation to remove small amounts of radioactive debris from the plant.

A previous attempt was halted due to technical issues.

The operation is expected to last about two weeks .