Whilst the footage, captured by a "packbot", confirmed that electricity and water supplies inside the reactor were undamaged, monitoring equipment showed that radiation levels were far higher than expected.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it will combat the danger by installing fans with filters at the damaged reactor in an attempt to reduce radiation inside to one-twentieth of current levels.
TEPCO has said it may take the rest of the year to bring the nuclear plant back under control.
The company want a "cold shutdown" of the earthquake and tsunami hit plant, 240km (150 miles) from the capital, within six to nine months, a timeline experts say will be tough to meet.
The magnitude 9.0 quake and resulting tsunami knocked out the cooling systems at the power station, causing all four reactors to overheat and leak radiation.
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