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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century (apnews.com)
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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

It's okay because as the radiation blasts away at the robots circuitry they'll have to replace it. Then they could just replace it with a better robot every few years as technology improves. It'll become exponentially more powerful. And by the end of it they'll have a superpowered radioactive robot... that they've... used for slave labor... Huh. Maybe they should rethink this plan.