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Part of the problem is that the R&D has not been done. Under the Myth of Nuclear Safety, Japan has absolutely neglected to do research into designing and buildi
by RyanMcGreal 11y ago
Part of the problem is that the R&D has not been done. Under the Myth of Nuclear Safety, Japan has absolutely neglected to do research into designing and building robots that can handle high levels of radiation (if people are working on robots that can handle hazardous environments inside a reactor, that might inadvertently communicate the idea that nuclear power is dangerous).
- Agustus 11y agoThere is no Myth of Nuclear Safety, all energy production has known pro's and con's and approaches are made to mitigate these risk factors. Nuclear energy's risk factors are the easiest to swallow for the waste output. The Fukushima reactor was built to withstand a huge amount of risk factors, they just all happened at the same time. The risk mitigation concept would be to say that you need to design a house to withstand a 10,000 year storm.
- digitalneal 11y agoDoes the US have these kinda Robots or are "we" also under the myth of Nuclear Safety?
- x0x0 11y agoOf course we don't. If we did, we would have given them to Japan. Also, nuclear power advocates in the US would, imo, really not like Fukushima to be a decades long demonstration of the risks of nuclear power. Which it is going to be.