Japan Sends In Robots
Robots sent into the heart of the nuclear disaster scene in Japan have found that radiation levels "remain too harsh for human workers to enter."
Tepco spokesman Takeshi Makigami said: "What robots can do is limited, so eventually, people must enter the buildings."
The plant operator said it hoped to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within nine months.
Meanwhile, "Laurent Stricker, chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), says that the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant should mark a turning point for an industry that many experts believe has become complacent about the safety of its reactors." But many U.S. policy makers are still pushing for the expansion of nuclear energy. Get the facts on nuclear. It's costly, unsustainable, and insanely risky.
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-- Brian Foley