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The technological disaster known in history. 8 years ago there was an accident at the plant “Fukushima-1” is one of the largest technological disasters in modern history. She was totally evacuated the town of Okuma. How this place looks now. On 11 March 2011 the strongest earthquake and ensuing tsunami …

In the ruins of the power unit will start the robot. Toshiba engineers together with specialists from the International research Institute for decommissioning of nuclear facilities has developed a robot that resembles a 13-metre-long metal snake. The study of the reactor with a robot will start in the next year. …

A division of Toshiba, together with the International research Institute on decommissioning nuclear facilities (IRID), has developed a snake-like robotic probe. Length of the robot is 12.8 meters, and he is a flexible telescopic tube, ending with a panoramic camera. The robot was created in order to help in the …

The responsibility for the catastrophe at Fukushima is incurred by the government and the company Tepco, said the court. In Japan, the court laid the responsibility for the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant that occurred in 2011, the country’s authorities and the company-operator of nuclear power plants Tepco. …

In the East Japan earthquake of a magnitude of 5.9. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Fukushima Prefecture, where in 2011 there was a major accident at the plant. To the greatest extent tremors were felt in the area of the Prefecture Fukushima, where in 2011 there was a …

Six years radioactive substance remained unnoticed in the Sands on the coast. 100 km from Fukushima nuclear power plant, scientists have discovered a new source of radiation, said the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). Experts say that in the six years since the nuclear accident, radioactive cesium was in …

Captured video will allow you to assess the damage inside the reactor and to more accurately estimate the damage. Japanese underwater robot fish, nicknamed “Little moon-fish” for the first time captured the ruins of the atomic power station “Fukushima-1”. The footage was obtained when the robot launched into the third …

Underwater robot gave first images of the molten nuclear reactor inside the affected Japanese nuclear power plant “Fukushima”. The photos show a large number of hardened lava, and in it the remains of the reactor unit. The power plant was badly damaged by a tsunami in 2011, causing the most …

11 Mar 2011 Japan has shaken the world’s largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. After a 9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami collapsed, unable to withstand the pressure of the elements, the reactor of a nuclear power plant “Fukushima-1”. Due to heavy release of radiation several cities around the station had to …

The photographer showed the restricted area. The accident at the NPP Fukushima-1 is the largest radiological accident to the maximum 7-level International nuclear event scale. It happened on 11 March 2011 the strongest ever Japan earthquake and ensuing tsunami. There are 3 exclusion zone is forbidden for the free access …