In the main control room for the crippled Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, time seems to have stood still.

That was the impression reported Thursday by the first journalists to enter the facility since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there.

The control room's interior is reported to have been left almost untouched since the disaster. Handwriting was found on the wall near an instrument used to measure water levels within the No. 3 reactor, hinting at the circumstances faced by some 10 workers who were there at the time of the crisis.