Question

During the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of 2011, first responders were asked to work in short 10 minute shifts, followed by 4 hour breaks, in order to assess the damage caused by the tsunami to the power infrastructure.

• (a) Using the Hierarchy of Risk Control Measures, highlight where this priority/step (i.e. 1-5) this measure falls in the ranking and explain why it was chosen instead of others.
• (b) After some time, robots were deployed to do the site inspection. Please highlight which decision criteria would best describe the use of these robots 


Answer 1