Robots Enter Fukushima Reactor Building

swandives writes "For the first time, a pair of remote controlled robots have entered a reactor building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power hopes the iRobot Packbots will be able to provide data on the current condition inside the buildings, although the company hasn't yet released any information on what they found inside."

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Re:Jerry Pournelle's *rational* view of Fukushima

[nzac]

Note that China is not going to halt nuclear power construction. The major effect of Fukushima Daiichi may well be a very great Chinese comparative advantage. Cheap easily available energy and freedom are the keys to economic prosperity: the Chinese are moving toward both. The United States is moving away from both. The results are predictable.

Are they? and what accuracy do you give these predictions? I can make predictions of arbitrary accuracy by inappropriately simplifying and generalising of almost anything.

This is a PR piece for fox viewers, its an insult to the intelligence of readers here.