Don’t Fire Up Nuclear Plants Without Robots

An easy first lesson is emerging from Japan’s nuclear mess: No nuclear reactors should be in operation anywhere unless they have robots ready to fend off disaster, writes William Saletan in Slate . He’s not talking about run-of-the-mill robots that replace humans at menial tasks. He means expensive, radiation-resistant robots that…

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Don’t Fire Up Nuclear Plants Without Robots

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