Drone used to map radioactive vault at former US weapons site
A drone has mapped a vault full of radioactive powder as part of a decades-long project to clean up a former weapons and nuclear power testing site in Idaho
Environment
December 13, 2022
The drone pilot and other project engineers operated in a makeshift control room Ministry of Energy
In late November, huddled in a freezing tent, a group of people watched a live video feed from a drone as it descended into a giant vault. There was no visible change, but once past the thick concrete ceiling, the drone was flying in hot air irradiated with the equivalent of about 500 x-rays per second. More than enough to kill one person. No problem for a drone.
The drone was conducting reconnaissance as part of a decades-long campaign…
