À̹ÌÁö È®´ë Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute¡¯s international workshop on robot technology to respond to a nuclear power plant accident.
Korean researchers took leadership to form an international network to deploy a global army of robotic resources in case of a nuclear power plant disaster like Fukushima in 2011.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said on Thursday its three-day international workshop that began on Wednesday provided a platform for ideas on tackling the major challenge of how to clean up nuclear waste in a safe and fast manner in case of an accident through employment of robotics.
The event was attended by renowned scholars and experts dedicated to nuclear and other extreme environment applications of advanced robotics, including Rustam Stolkin, Director of National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) in the UK, and Leonel Lagos, Director of Research at Florida International University`s Applied Research Center (FIU-ARC) in the U.S.
The participants exchanged information on robot technology that could be used in the nuclear environment and discussed ways to cope internationally using robots in the event of a nuclear accident. They echoed that all countries must respond in collaboration as the fallout of a nuclear accident that occurs in a single country goes beyond national borders.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute will make efforts to launch a robot-based joint response center by around 2021, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, adding it will seek cooperation from researchers in Japan and China from next year, said the institute head Park Jin-ho.
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