All the stories tagged with: nuclear
Wunderland Kalkar amusement park has a nuclear past
10/06/2011, Fancy chilling out at an old nuclear power station? Well, if you think that this is a particularly unique location to bring your kids (or grandchildren) while offering them a little history lesson on nuclear power, then the Wunderland Kalkar [...]
Round robot look out for corrosion in nuclear reactor cooling pipes
08/18/2011, The tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan in March earlier this year sparked panic in that part of the world, especially when three of the half dozen nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan experienced a meltdown. [...]
Spherical robot helps detect radioactivity in pipes
07/21/2011, One great thing about robots is this – they never tire out, and are impervious to radioactivity – making it possible for them to work in hazardous environments for extended periods of time without experiencing fatigue. This tiny spherical robot [...]
Teenager develops nuclear weapons detector
06/17/2011, Taylor Wilson, a 17-year old genius, was recently honored at the Intel International Science Fair of his work on creating a device that detects weapons in shipping containers. The device also uses a nuclear fusion reactor that he built when [...]
iRobot deploys Packbots to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
04/18/2011, With the levels of radiation rising many, many times above what is considered to be “safe” for humans to work in, there must be a better way to repair and prevent further deterioration of the facility while people work around [...]
iRobots to go where no humans can go in Japan
03/18/2011, iRobot, the robot manufacturer from Bedford, Massachusetts; is sending out a team of four robots into Japan today to help deal with the nuclear crisis that’s currently affecting the country due to the earthquake and tsunami events that took place [...]
