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Fukishima robot breakdown

Radiation from Fukushima reactor peaks

Geoff Ebbs /20 February, 2017

One week after a hole in chamber 2 of the Fukishima nuclear reactor was discovered to be leaking highly toxic waste into the groundwater, radiation levels 9 times higher than those immediately after the disaster have been detected inside the reactor. A robot used to explore the internal chambers was destroyed by radiation over one Continue Reading →