A small robot is here to help after a mishap at a major nuclear waste site
 

A small robot is here to help after a mishap at a major nuclear waste site
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A small robot is roving around a massive U.S. nuclear waste site to gather critical samples of potential air and water contamination after an emergency was declared Tuesday.

The machine was deployed after a tunnel that stores rail cars filled with radioactive waste partially collapsed at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state.*

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The mishap raised fears of a radiation leak at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, though officials said there was ** actual indication of a release of plutonium radiation as of 2:20 p.m. PDT.* Read more...

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