The company that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, is using remote-controlled robots to measure radiation, temperature and oxygen concentration in the reactors at the nuclear plant. The company wants to ensure that levels are safe for employees to continue working. Photographs released by TEPCO show these robots, called "PackBot", working in Fukushima.
The machine has the ability to maneuver within the building, taking pictures and measuring the levels of radioactivity. Although Japan is a world leader in robotics, he seemed to resist the use of equipment in nuclear power. To date, there was no evidence to show that they were using, although a week after the earthquake and tsunami, the great state groups French nuclear sector in the country sent a shipment with robots and other materials to help solve Fukushima problems.
However, the company has not specified if the remote-controlled machines that are ultilizando are European or Asian. It is known that the March 23, the nuclear announced its decision to introduce a 'Monirobo', a robot is resistant to radiation at the plant. Or at least so claimed a Japanese newspaper.
The aim of this decision was to go with this machine where the radiation would be lethal to humans. A few days after the announcement about the 'Monirobo', the U.S. government put the service in Japan other special robots capable of withstanding high levels of radiation. It is unknown if 'Pakrobot' or other machinery.
In any case, the robots are being used in Fukushima. This same Sunday, TEPCO has released a video showing the central broken walls and ceilings reduced to smoldering rubble break. The pictures, taken two days ago, can see the widespread damage to the reactors. Moreover, the company has acknowledged that problems in the plant does not have quick fix.
The reactors can be stabilized within six to nine months, the company has admitted that the government had demanded a review of the situation. That is the timeline "current," said TEPCO spokesman in Tokyo Tsunehisa Katsumata. It will take three months to get control cooling of the reactors and vessels that store the spent fuel, highly radioactive.
The damaged reactor may be completed between six and nine months. In response, the Government has urged the company to meet the schedule quickly and reliably. 
The machine has the ability to maneuver within the building, taking pictures and measuring the levels of radioactivity. Although Japan is a world leader in robotics, he seemed to resist the use of equipment in nuclear power. To date, there was no evidence to show that they were using, although a week after the earthquake and tsunami, the great state groups French nuclear sector in the country sent a shipment with robots and other materials to help solve Fukushima problems.
However, the company has not specified if the remote-controlled machines that are ultilizando are European or Asian. It is known that the March 23, the nuclear announced its decision to introduce a 'Monirobo', a robot is resistant to radiation at the plant. Or at least so claimed a Japanese newspaper.
The aim of this decision was to go with this machine where the radiation would be lethal to humans. A few days after the announcement about the 'Monirobo', the U.S. government put the service in Japan other special robots capable of withstanding high levels of radiation. It is unknown if 'Pakrobot' or other machinery.
In any case, the robots are being used in Fukushima. This same Sunday, TEPCO has released a video showing the central broken walls and ceilings reduced to smoldering rubble break. The pictures, taken two days ago, can see the widespread damage to the reactors. Moreover, the company has acknowledged that problems in the plant does not have quick fix.
The reactors can be stabilized within six to nine months, the company has admitted that the government had demanded a review of the situation. That is the timeline "current," said TEPCO spokesman in Tokyo Tsunehisa Katsumata. It will take three months to get control cooling of the reactors and vessels that store the spent fuel, highly radioactive.
The damaged reactor may be completed between six and nine months. In response, the Government has urged the company to meet the schedule quickly and reliably.
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