'Muscle Robots'
Published on by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant at Yoshimi Yoshida Environmental Nutrition Consulting Service in Technology
Hitachi-GE testing variety of simply structured, radiation-resistant equipment
The Unit 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, June 21, 2017. (pool photo)
A joint venture between Japanese and American high-technology power houses Hitachi and General Electric is developing special robots for removing nuclear debris from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the most difficult task in decommissioning the plant's six reactors, three of which suffered core meltdowns in the March 2011 accident.
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Muscle-robots-being-developed-to-remove-debris-from-Fukushima-reactors?n_cid=NARAN012Media
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