[Video] In Fukushima, the robot scorpion Tepco collection of new data in the containment of the nuclear power plant
Usine Nouvelle the 16 / 02 / 2017
Live video of Fukushima, the Japanese Robot Scorpion electricity producer Tepco sent new information during its exploratory activities of the Daiichi nuclear plant.
Tepco published this Thursday, February 16 on its Facebook account images of unit 2 of the primary containment (PCV in English initials) of the plant taken by a Robot-Scorpion. The robot was inserted in the heart of the PCV, it borrowed a CRD rail which led it directly to the area below the reactor pressure vessel called the "pedestal area".
The unit has collected additional data inside the PCV, the deposition conditions, temperature variations and radiation levels. This information should allow TEPCO to continue to investigate and analyze the fuel residues, he said.
Even if the robot could not reach the pedestal zone, as originally planned, valuable information was obtained which should allow the Japanese company to determine the methods for these eliminated fuel residues. Meanwhile, the robot has been left inside the PCV with the aim of further investigations.
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