Robots Investigate Fukushima Facilities

Fukushima uses advanced Robots to climb stairs and investigate facilities. Berkeley Nucleonics has deployed hundreds of radiation detection systems for isotope identification in Asian regions. Our most common units generate radiological data coupled with GPS data and the results are available online at www.berkeleynucleonics.com

http://youtu.be/ggr315PprFM

Berkeley Nucleonics - SAM 940 Isotope Identifier

Double-fisted....the technicians at Berkeley Nucleonics are testing RIIDs (radionuclide isotope identification devices) to meet a surge in demand following Fukushima. Model SAM 940 Revealer shown above with Lanthanum Bromide.

Japan Atomic Crisis Reaches Chernobyl Level

Japan raised the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest, matching the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, after increasing radiation prompted the government to widen the evacuation zone and aftershocks rocked the country.

Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency yesterday raised the rating to 7. The accident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant previously was rated a 5 on the global scale, the same as the 1979 partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-12/japan-atomic-crisis-reaches-chernobyl-level-as-radiation-climbs.html