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Even robots cannot handle Fukushima radiation.
Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
BlackLabel said:
Even robots cannot handle Fukushima radiation.
Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
I very much doubt if the experts are actually 'baffled'Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
MartG said:
BlackLabel said:
Even robots cannot handle Fukushima radiation.
Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
I very much doubt if the experts are actually 'baffled'Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
TroubledSoul said:
Anyone noticed under the picture at the top of the article it says:
Journalists these days know farticle said:
The scarred landscape inside the exclusion zone close to the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Spain
k all about anything except 'media-studies' 
They also imply the devastation was caused by the nuclear leak, when of course it was caused by the tsunami
BuzzBravado said:
Do you think it is possible another Sarcophagus is on the cards for this site like Chernobyl?
Depends on the rock structure beneath the reactor - if it's likely that nuclear material could find its way into the sea then they'll have to remove it rather than seal it in situBuzzBravado said:
Do you think it is possible another Sarcophagus is on the cards for this site like Chernobyl?
Unlikely- the damaged reactors are, largely, stable; Chernobyl they needed to first put the fires out then rebuild around it. Also I don't think the site layout lends itself to an over-structure but I haven't studied it closely. About the only thing that went 'well' for Chernobyl was the reactor that went bang was at the end. Units 1, 2 or 3 would have been much harder to resolve.
SystemParanoia said:
Doubtful.. Its right on the coast to easy to have everything shipped away and dropped down the Mariana Trench.
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Which already has traces of human contaminants in as it is... I'm not a Greenpeace type but was surprised during a few documentaries when that same fact popped up.job jobbed
Last I heard of this the core was still too hot to even send in robots reliably - radiation kept buzzing out the RF signals. Meaning it just sits there.
Nasty s
t - shame it produces so much power off such a small amount of materiel. ETA: Godzilla. Where is it?
Edited by Havoc856-S on Monday 6th March 20:45
MartG said:
TroubledSoul said:
Anyone noticed under the picture at the top of the article it says:
Journalists these days know farticle said:
The scarred landscape inside the exclusion zone close to the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Spain
k all about anything except 'media-studies' They also imply the devastation was caused by the nuclear leak, when of course it was caused by the tsunami
MartG said:
BuzzBravado said:
Do you think it is possible another Sarcophagus is on the cards for this site like Chernobyl?
Depends on the rock structure beneath the reactor - if it's likely that nuclear material could find its way into the sea then they'll have to remove it rather than seal it in situUnlike the Chernobyl sarcophagus there isn't really a big persistent hazard from airborne fission products. On reactor four they reinstated the outer shell of the reactor refueling floor, once that is reinstated on the other reactors that is probably enough of a structure to defuel the reactors.
Based on Three Mile Island timescales, they will probably defuel the reactors in around starting in around 2011 and it will take around 5-10 years to get the fuel out. Once that happens the remaining hazard will be pretty low, thought given how contaminated the plant is there is a decent chance it will be put into care and maintenance for 80-100 years then dismantled relatively conventionally.
That said given advances in robotics these timescales may be compressed.
Havoc856-S said:
SystemParanoia said:
Doubtful.. Its right on the coast to easy to have everything shipped away and dropped down the Mariana Trench.
job jobbed
Which already has traces of human contaminants in as it is... I'm not a Greenpeace type but was surprised during a few documentaries when that same fact popped up.job jobbed
Last I heard of this the core was still too hot to even send in robots reliably - radiation kept buzzing out the RF signals. Meaning it just sits there.
Nasty s
t - shame it produces so much power off such a small amount of materiel. ETA: Godzilla. Where is it?
Edited by Havoc856-S on Monday 6th March 20:45
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