World's largest heap of untreated nuclear waste needs more bots to cart around irradiated crap

World's largest heap of untreated nuclear waste needs more bots to cart around irradiated crap

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/20/sellafield_robots/

Sellafield nuclear power station in Cumbria, northern England, is calling for help to increase the number of robots it uses to monitor and clean the site.

The plant already employs a number of machines to assist with maintenance but is seeking more innovation in specific areas. Some of these robots stretch the definition a bit – like the repurposed swimming pool cleaner now leading a less glamorous life scrubbing the walls of Sellafield's pile fuel storage ponds.

World's largest heap of untreated nuclear waste needs more bots to cart around irradiated crap

Sep 20, 2019, 1:28pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/20/sellafield_robots/ > Sellafield nuclear power station in Cumbria, northern England, is calling for help to increase the number of robots it uses to monitor and clean the site. > The plant already employs a number of machines to assist with maintenance but is seeking more innovation in specific areas. Some of these robots stretch the definition a bit – like the repurposed swimming pool cleaner now leading a less glamorous life scrubbing the walls of Sellafield's pile fuel storage ponds.