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Robot blamed for Fukushima nuclear plant explosion

by Stephen White on Jun 1, 2011

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Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has blamed an explosion at Fukushima this week on a heavy machinery robot working on the stricken nuclear plant.

Kyodo News reported that an explosion at 2.30pm on Tuesday was heard at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

Tepco said a remote controlled robot deployed on the southern side of the No. 4 reactor building to remove wreckage could have ruptured a gas tank under the plant.

Tepco confirmed that radiation levels had not increased and there had been no injuries from the incident.

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That's right, blame the Robot. He has no union to back him up. He can't sue for defamation. Next we'll see that he's als

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halfy (Jun 1, 2011)
dubai
United Arab Emirates

Its the Robots fault
That's right, blame the Robot. He has no union to back him up. He can't sue for defamation. Next we'll see that he's also having an affair with a reality TV star!

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