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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

They're sending robots in because it's too dangerous for people?

In Reactor 1, the containment building was too dangerous for people within the first day. But TEPCO was denying for weeks that a meltdown had occurred.

For some strange reason, operators turned off the emergency cooling system. Then could not turn it back on. People had to go into that building to open valves on the second floor and in the basement. Second floor valves opened immediately. Many people kept going into the basement because those valves would not open manually. And each person who tried was exceeding his radiation levels.

Only hours after the last person left, Reactor 1 exploded. And still TEPCO denied there was any meltdown.

Japan is world leaders in robots. But had to go to America to find one that could withstand the radiation ... that did not exist because a meltdown and containment breech never happened.

Just wondering if Richard Nixon fathered any kids in Japan.