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snagglepuss

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Thu Mar-17-11 03:10 PM
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Does radiation destroy electronics? Is this why robots aren't used.

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Edited on Thu Mar-17-11 03:13 PM by snagglepuss

I saw this comment posted on another site as the reason robots aren't used in nuclear disasters. The poster said it was why Russian soldiers were sent in to deal with Chernobyl and referred to as biobots.

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