Toshiba's 'scorpion' robot to look into Fukushima reactor

It's great that this robot might allow them to look into the nuclear plants, but the important thing is how they are going to clean this mess up, right?

cevin7: They don't care, keeping it a problem allows them to milk more and more money.

Better pics and video of how it works here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3146636/Scorpion-robot-venture-Fukushima-month-Toshiba-s-probe-reveal-scale-devastation-melted-nuclear-reactor.html

I've heard that cockroaches would be the only survivors of a nuclear holocaust.

It's great that this robot might allow them to look into the nuclear plants, but the important thing is how they are going to clean this mess up, right?

Well they have to determine exactly where and in what condition the fuel is in before they can determine how they are going to clean it up.

How long will it be able to withstand the 15 Sieverts/hour radiation levels?

The article clearly states "The robot is designed with radiation tolerance allowing it to stay more than 10 hours inside the No. 2 reactor.".

after a “snake” robot was sent in April inside the worst-hit No. 1 reactor. The robot was unable to spot melted-fuel debris there.

And the 'snake' robot was not designed for or expected to spot th efuel. It wasn't even in the location where the fuel is suspected to be.

Does anyone actually want TEPCO to be successful? I get the impression that 99.9% of posters who comment on anything to do with Fukushima expect failure even before they attempt something? Can I remind people that they managed to remove all of the fuel rods from the tank without mishap... despite the naysayers predicting doom and a nuclear accident.

I want this robot to work, and I think it will. If it does then it could pave the way for more advanced machines to be developed.

Project Scorpio. Not sure I like the sound of that, Ms. Moneypenny.