No one has entered Fukushima buildings since March 11

[hedgetrimmer]

Workers have been unable to enter the damaged reactor buildings since the 11 March disaster

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They have been using these bad boys due to the buildings being too radioactive.
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A UK firm's robots are being used to take readings in reactors

Read it all for yourself, link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13127728

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Here is a snippet!
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Workers at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant have begun removing highly radioactive water from the basement of a reactor building to on-site storage.

Removing the 25,000 tonnes of water should give workers access to carry out repair work to vital cooling systems knocked out by the 11 March tsunami.

The plant operator Tepco has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year.

But the government has warned there could be unforeseen setbacks.

>Emergency workers have been unable to enter any of the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi plant since the natural disasters.<

The contaminated water in the basement of reactor No 2 will be removed in stages, said Hidehiko Nishiyama of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Nisa).

In all, there are 70,000 tonnes of water to be removed from the plant's reactor and turbine buildings and nearby trenches - a process that could take "several months", the agency said.

[flamingdem]

1. I can't quite see the bad boys building concrete retainers

and the government spokesman said it's too dangerous for worker to get near many areas of the reactors..

[CoffeeCat]

2. Ok, I can't help but interject a science fiction factoid...

In the movie Terminator, April 21, 2011 is actually quoted as the day that Skynet begins a war against the humans and launches a nuclear
attack against us.

We'd better be nice to this little robot guy who has been roaming around in a soup of powerful radioactive materials
during the past weeks. April 21, 2011 is fast approaching and who knows what that radioactivity did to him!

http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_101:_Pilot

;)

[DeSwiss]

3. K&R

- Yeah, but.......

Robots face difficulties at Fukushima plant

NHK World
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 07:41 +0900 (JST)

Tokyo Electric Power Company says radioactive debris and high humidity are hampering the investigation by robots at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The company began using remote-controlled robots to explore the first three reactor buildings on Sunday and Monday.

At the Number 2 reactor building, the robot's camera lens was instantly clouded by high humidity. TEPCO officials think that the steam is coming from the damaged section of the reactor's suppression pool. But they have not found a way to resolve the problem as the steam could be highly toxic.

Robots entered the Number 3 reactor building through the southern entrance, but their path was blocked by debris. The firm is considering using another robot that can remove obstacles weighing up to 100 kilograms. At the first reactor building, robots were able to advance 40 meters along the northern side wall.

The use of robots is aimed at paving the way for staff to work inside the contaminated buildings to stabilize the reactors, but the prospects of success remain unclear.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_06.html">link