A robot sent to the reactor at Fukushima (Fukushima) to inspect and clean up the nuclear plant was forced to abruptly end its mission after receiving excessive radiation, which fired at the camera.
According to the Associated Press, was the first time a robot entered her reactor units 2 after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The cleanup robot was recalled after just two hours of shipment after having exacted an estimated 650 sieverts radiation per hour, according to the noise analysis of the images transmitted by the robot before its camera darkened. The robot is designed for up to 1.000 cumveraging exposure sieves.
The Associated Press reports that this level of radiation immediately kills a human being. Just the cameras άρχισαν να δυσλειτουργούν, η ομάδα αποφάσισε να τραβήξει το ρομπότ πίσω πριν χάσει τον έλεγχό του εντελώς. Εικόνες που έχουν ληφθεί από το θάλαμο πριν από την damage of the robot showed layers of melted paint, cable insulation, and metal railings.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said the robot was developed to observe and clean the passage with a high-pressure water nozzle. pressureand so the team could send another robot to assess the structural damage. But pulling the first robot early means that the tracking machine will have more work to do in less time, since both robots are designed to withstand the same amount of radiation.
The high levels of radiation may seem alarming, but there is good news: there are no reports of new leaks from the factory. This means that the radiation should not affect nearby residential areas. The higher levels of radiation could also mean that the robot got closer to the exact spot of the source of the radiation and so the next one sent has a better chance of remove the molten fuel correctly.
