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Robots to clean Dounreay



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Published Date: 03 October 2008
A TEAM of robots, armed with an array of shears, grapples and crushers, has been assembled to clean up one of the most hazardous parts of the Dounreay nuclear plant.
Bosses have turned to specialist demolition firm Brokk to supply the remotely operated equipment, which can work inside cells and a pond where radiation levels are still high.

The three-tonne robots will be mounted on tracks like a construction excavator and powered by electricity.





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  • Last Updated: 02 October 2008 9:49 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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AJ Fife,

03/10/2008 12:06:23
Three tonne robots???

So this is what Jackie Baillie is doing since getting booted out of the Labour Party's 'inner circle'!!!

 

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