DHAKA: Radiation levels in and around the Fukushima nuclear power plant are starting to be measured by drones.

Special unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been created by Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the Japanese Space Exploration Agency.

The machines are controlled with the use of a remote and are not like their manned counterparts as they can fly as low as 984 feet in altitude, reports The Voice of Russia.

Two natural disasters, one earthquake and a brutal tsunami took the region of Fukushima by surprise leaving 15,000 dead and 3,000 missing.

In turn, the nuclear power plant also felt the effects from the catastrophes that swept through the area, leaving the Fukushima Daiichi plant, in peril after an accident struck the facility.

The blow has been said to be worse in damages than the aftermath of Chernobyl.

BDST: 2020 HRS, JAN 27, 2014