Quote Originally Posted by Glow9 View Post
Okay so we're talking about Japan land of robots and automation. Why can't they send in something to bring in a hose/ drop in a hose or some such thing to these areas and pump in water or
liquid nitrogen or liquid helium or something.
So things that crossed my mind so you don't think I'm retarded. Something really cold to something really hot = cracking or potential fire. I don't intend on getting to know nuclear rods
so you tell me if this would even do anything.
Where would they get this supply of liquid nitrogen or friggin dry ice or some such thing well their neighbors and or there's a floating nuclear reactor off their coast at the moment so
I dunno might work. Either way we see these Honda robots and such dance and why cant they take in a hose? Or would radio signals get f'ed up.

Also how hot are these exposed rods? I mean they dropped water on them but you'd figure it be steam pretty quick?

Also if these things are putting out 20units an hour of radiation wouldn't everything in the area pretty much now be radioactive? How did they clean this stuff up after Hiroshima?
The Soviets used robots in Chernobyl. The radiation was so intense that it makes the rubber tracks brittle and hard and it ceases to be rubber. Also, radiation fries electronics. The robots stopped working. Put a laptop near that reactor, and it'll soon BSOD. Liquid Nitrogen can be used but the heat capacity of water would be greater and its in plentiful supply.... its just getting it to the cores.