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The 2011 events at Fukushima Daiichi and the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania in 1979, are among the most notable accidents in the history of nuclear energy. In each case, initial efforts to respond to the disasters and begin the clean-up process were met by an environment too dangerous for human workers. And, in each case, the response teams turned to robots for assistance.
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37.421336, 141.0280783
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Ottozawa, Okuma, Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture 979-1301, Japan TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
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Komako Akai
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Komako Akai
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JAPAN | FORUM ON ENERGY | TMI and Fukushima: How Robots Were Used in Response
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The 2011 events at Fukushima Daiichi and the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania in 1979, are among the most notable accidents in the history of nuclear energy. In each case, initial efforts to respond to the disasters and begin the clean-up process were met by an environment too dangerous for human workers. And, in each case, the response teams turned to robots for assistance.
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http://wayback.archive-it.org/7472/20160601000000/http://forumonenergy.com/2014/07/08/three-mile-island-and-fukushima-daiichi-how-robots-were-used-in-response/
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