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Monday, February 20, 2017

Tepco Deploys Scorpion Robot At Damaged Unit 2

Tepco Deploys Scorpion Robot At Damaged Unit 2
 
 

Watch Fukushima radiation levels kill second Tepco robot in less than a month

International Business Times UK - ‎8 hours ago‎
A second robot from Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) sent into Fukushima's unit 2 reactor collapsed in less than a month's time due to high radiation levels. Less than two weeks ago, a robot that ventured into the reactor malfunctioned as the ...https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2017/02/20/tepco-deploys-scorpion-robot-at-damaged-unit-2-022001&hl=en&geo=US

Robot Probes Show Japan Reactor Cleanup Worse than Expected

Top Tech News - ‎13 hours ago‎
Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the remote-controlled "scorpion" robot [pictured ...http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=11000ATHY9XI
 e since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Tepco ...

Exceedingly High Radiation Level in Fukushima No. 2 Reactor: 650 Sieverts

Center for Research on Globalization - ‎21 hours ago‎
The road to decommissioning Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 2 reactor could be rockier than expected, as radiation levels on Feb. 9 were even deadlier than those recorded in late January. Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced that day that ... http://www.globalresearch.ca/exceedingly-high-radiation-level-in-fukushima-no-2-reactor-650-sieverts/5575669

Fukushima Radiation Levels 'Unimaginable,' As Robots Sent To Investigate Died

The Inquisitr - ‎22 hours ago‎
The radiation within reactor No. 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has reached “unimaginable” levels, according to a recent report from the Independent. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the company that runs the Fukushima nuclear power ...http://www.inquisitr.com/3995524/fukushima-radiation-levels-unimaginable-as-robots-sent-to-investigate-died/

Radiation levels at Fukushima reactor puzzle nuclear experts

Asahi Shimbun - ‎Feb 19, 2017‎
A robot was expected to solidify ways to clean up the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but its short-lived mission raised puzzling questions that could derail existing decommissioning plans. The robot, Sasori, was abandoned in the ... http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702190042.html
 
 
 

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