FILE - In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), workers connect pipes to push in a robot on a mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.(Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings via AP, File)

FILE - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, also known as TEPCO, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reveals a robot to be used to retrieve debris at the power plant in Kobe, western Japan, May 28, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP, File)/