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Monday, July 25, 2011

#ROBOTICS: "Smarter Robots to Inspect Aging Nukes"


With valves and pipes being allowed to leak up to 20 times their original limits by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), according to a recent Associated Press report, smarter robotic inspectors are being proposed to detect underground leaks before they release radiation into groundwater.
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