You should be good!So how will this affect my chances of studying abroad in Kansai Gaidai in spring? I know they're pretty far away, but still..
You should be good!
I know some people from Kansai Gaidai, very enjoyable University from what I've heard. (A huge party University I'm led to believe) Unfortunately it's not an option for my exchange programme this year, but has been in the past.
So do they have pictures of what the spent fuel pool currently looks like? Surely the first step is to send in some robots, get some pics, then design another robot to handle it. Japan is good at making robots.
That's like saying submarines aren't ready for space travel. Japanese robot research is focused on human-robot interactions, not industrial applications. They aren't intended nor supposed to be "ready" for those scenarios.The Quincy robot has failed at least twice despite being somewhat hardened to radiation. Japanese robots aren't really designed for real world applications, especially ones that require nuclear hardening and zero human interaction... Japan spends too much time focusing on automations, humanoid looking robots that mimic human movement like playing instruments or dancing traditional dances. Basically Japanese robotics isn't ready for such applications but hopefully they're learning quickly.
I wouldn't go to kansai gaidai, I think it's a horrible choice but it depends on what you want out of your time in japan.
Osaka is far away from tokyo, nothing to worry about.
My point being that Japan's assumed leadership in the field of robotics isn't quite what it seems to be. Nuclear disasters is not their field, this is more military, rugged terrain stuff kind of what Boston Dynamics' Big Dog was designed for. Japan is more civil works focused hence sending submarines into space.
This also goes back to my other main point that the recovery and restoration for Fukushima should be an internationally coordinated effort, not national only. This is biting them in the ass nearly 3 years after the fact. Allowing TEPCO to head this whole mess after the fact is insane.
Nah, I wouldn't have picked it personally even it I couldv'e. I have my mind set on Sophia Uni in Tokyo, but Rikkyo and Ritsumeikan are other options.
The problem I have with nuclear plants is not that they're unsafe, is that the worst case scenario is just really really bad.
And this is coming from someone who believed the nuclear is a great stop-gap until renewable become more viable.
1. Hopefully this makes look more into salt reactors (very low chance given the media)
2. I'm hoping this means there's even stricter guidelines for long term plans when it comes to operating a nuclear power plant that houses such deadly material.
Salt, thorium or even the new newer, safer standard nuclear reactors...we will never get them. Instead we will have no advancement and a bunch of outdated shit waiting to become a problem. So basically the stupidest option.