IEEE Spectrum’s Automation Blog has run a series of exceptional articles on the Fukushima Dai-Ichi crisis since the earthquake and tsunami occurred on 11-March. Recently they uncovered a blog written by a robot operator at the plant that speaks candidly about the operations there and the problems occurring as they try to shut the plant down.
From the IEEE Spectrum Automation Blog:
Editor’s Note: This is part of IEEE Spectrum’s ongoing coverage of Japan’s earthquake and nuclear emergency.
An anonymous worker at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has written dozens of blog posts describing the ups and downs of his experience as one of the lead robot operators at the crippled facility.
Read more on the Automation Blog
+DougNix is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Compliance InSight Consulting, Inc. (http://www.complianceinsight.ca) in Kitchener, Ontario, and is Lead Author and Managing Editor of the Machinery Safety 101 blog.
Doug’s work includes teaching machinery risk assessment techniques privately and through Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, Ontario, as well as providing technical services and training programs to clients related to risk assessment, industrial machinery safety, safety-related control system integration and reliability, laser safety and regulatory conformity.
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