Cleaner Robot Sent Into Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 PCV

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), sent a cleaner robot into the Primary Containment Vessel of the damaged Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Thursday, which was meant clear deposits from a rail that would later be used to insert a Scorpion inspection robot. The robot, the company said, did its job for about two hours before failing due to the effect of high radiation.(read more)