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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Weren't there so old people that volunteered for some cleanup jobs, reasoning they had less life left than you get people so the cancer would not get to them in time.

I think I remember reading something like that.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah but that's for much less radioactive areas. These robots are going places that would make a human die badly.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

the "liquidators" served about 2 minutes of time doing cleanup service at chernobyl. This was how they mitigated a lot of the radiation risk, the people that suffered the most were the people in nearest proximity, reactor personnel for example.