Toshiba is a Japanese multinational selling electronic components, information technology, power systems or consumer electronic. In 2016, Toshiba is the third biggest world provider of semiconductor, behind Intel and Samsung.
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 (more about Fukushima soon), the Japanese government began to look for adapted solutions in order to dismantle the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Fukushima disaster (source: philnews.ph )
One of the hardest task, in order to dismantle this nuclear plant, is removing the 566 fuel rods in the reactor n°3, which is a zone with very high concentrations of radioactivity. Knowing this, Toshiba developed a robot that can float on the surface of the water cooling pool and operate to remove the fuel rods:
Toshiba dismantling robot
This robot can use two robotic arms to collect and cut the remains to allow the third arm to take off all of the 566 fuel rods in the reactor n°3. This robot will be placed this year but it will be operational only in 2018.
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