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Radiation forces Japan to use robots in Fukushima nuclear plant

Japanese Using Robots To Peer Into Crippled Nuclear Plant Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011 April 18, 2011 Reports said robots were being used to investigate Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, one day after plant operators announced a new nine-month stabilization plan for the facility.

The new plan includes freshly constructed cooling systems, revealing for the first time that attempts by the plant’s operating Tokyo Electric Power company (TEPCO) to fix the old cooling systems had in fact failed….

TEPCO’s company president, Masataka Shimizu assured parliament that the situation is under control.
Japanese Using Robots To Peer Into Crippled Nuclear Plant – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

April 18, 2011 - Posted by | - Fukushima 2011

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