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Toshiba develops robot for Fukushima plant 1
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Toshiba develops robot for Fukushima plant 1

Toshiba has developed a four-legged robot capable of conducting investigation and recovery operations at locations deemed too risky for human use, such as the Fukushima…

December 11, 2018
Japan: Robot radiation resistance incident
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Japan: Robot radiation resistance incident

For the first time, a Japanese robot designed to withstand high levels of radiation and heat at damaged nuclear plants such as Fukushima was launched.

December 11, 2018
Japan launches new workforce in Fukushima 1
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Japan launches new workforce in Fukushima 1

Chiba Technology Institute (CIT) on July 12 launched an advanced robot designed to carry out missions inside high-radiation reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 powe…

December 11, 2018
Nuclear power is of interest at VE Expo 2012
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Nuclear power is of interest at VE Expo 2012

After the Fukushima disaster in Japan last year, the safety issue for Ninh Thuan 2 was especially concerned at the 4th Vietnam International Energy Development Conferenc…

December 11, 2018
Robots for nuclear power workers
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Robots for nuclear power workers

Tokyo-based Cyberdyne Technologies (Japan) on Nov. 7 has released a robot skeleton to support the travel of workers at nuclear power plants.

December 11, 2018
Radiation detection disc
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Radiation detection disc

Each disc, called Fukushima, is equipped with a radioactive measuring device and 3 circles made of LED lights, allowing it to glow to warn the level of radioactivity in…

December 11, 2018
Detect radioactivity with iPhone
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Detect radioactivity with iPhone

Since the earthquake and tsunami struck in Japan in March, radiation detectors have become a common device of the Sunnis.

December 11, 2018
'Air conditioning' absorbs goods in Japan
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'Air conditioning' absorbs goods in Japan

A type of shirt that doesn't seem very fashionable, bulging when worn because there are two fans inside, but it is very attractive to customers in Japan because it helps…

December 11, 2018
Should nuclear energy be used?
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Should nuclear energy be used?

Since Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was badly damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, you must have gained a little more knowled…

December 11, 2018