Robotic heroics at radiation lab

Iria · Dec 20, 2005, 05:44 AM

It sounds like something you might pitch to a Hollywood studio. A high-security US radiation lab is thrown into turmoil when a cylinder spewing out deadly radiation gets trapped in its network of delivery tubes. A robot is sent to try and free the canister before the radiation eats away at its circuits. After a string of failures, the intrepid machine saves the day.

The drama happened in October, at the US defence department's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Records released this week describe how the base's Gamma Irradiation Facility was paralysed when a cylinder containing cobalt-60 became lodged in one of the lab's air-pressure tubes, similar to the document-delivery systems once used in offices.
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Read More / Source: Nature

Master Shake · Dec 20, 2005, 06:41 AM

Holy crap! Well it's good to know they're doing good work?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 20, 2005, 07:27 AM

that would suck ... I dunno about you but i'd be the 1st man
out the door when a siren sounds in a place like that LOL!

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Dec 20, 2005, 05:44 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Robotic heroics at radiation lab It sounds like something you might pitch to a Hollywood studio. A high-security US radiation lab is thrown into turmoil when a cylinder spewing out deadly radiation gets trapped in its network of delivery tubes. A robot is sent to try and free the canister before the radiation eats away at its circuits. After a string of failures, the intrepid machine saves the day. The drama happened in October, at the US defence department's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Records released this week describe how the base's Gamma Irradiation Facility was paralysed when a cylinder containing cobalt-60 became lodged in one of the lab's air-pressure tubes, similar to the document-delivery systems once used in offices. ____________ Read More / Source: Nature

Dec 20, 2005, 07:27 AM	#3
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Dec 20, 2005, 06:41 AM	#2
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