Fuel rods removed from Fukushima nuclear power plant’s pile of plutonium poo
Watching the morning news on NHK TV, Japan’s public propaganda broadcaster, they showed a video (in Japanese) of the attempted clean up of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. The video showed dozens of workers wearing white protective clothing (but no masks) scampering about on top of the wrecked reactor and watching a crane pull two spent fuel rods from its damaged storage pool. (Refer to NHK World Today’s written report.)
The first thing I thought when I saw the video was:
“Gr-r-reat! No robots where hurt* in this process!”
*Subject to change without notice: Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error or failure to perform decommissioning. TEPCO shall not accept any liability of any kind which may arise from any action of these without having had written confirmation of the Goddess Amaterasu-O-Mi-Kami.
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July 19th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Now NHK has a video in English available about the fuel rod work.
July 19th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Ha, ha, I think the 3Yen’s WordPress made a great robo-editoral decision by automatically chopping off the letter “L” from this post’s title:
July 19th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Ok, ok, I see what you are alluding to in, “No robots where hurt in the process!”
Japan spends (wastes) more money and effort than another country on toy robots, but now it doesn’t have any robots to handle the Fukushima Fuckup®.
For example, the following ‘Robo-cranes’ would have been a much better than nuking a dozen or more workers on the plant’s roof for no reason.
July 19th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Warning! I’m sending a parcel of plutonium poo pie to you via FEDEX, but is not for human consumption. Fuel up your rocket belt with it and escape Japan ASAP! It will make your mucous membranes glisten like a coelacanth’s droppings.