A top Energy Department official said Tuesday that a shipment of "radiation hardened robotics" will assist Japan in the crisis along with several radiation-hardened cameras. The device being shipped to Japan is equipped to provide visuals, radiological surveys and mapping data in areas of the plant not accessible to humans due to elevated radiation levels.

(China.org.cn April 1, 2011)

美国能源部一位官员周二表示，政府将输送一批抗辐射机器人与数个抗辐射摄像头到日本，用于在电站因高辐射量人不能进入的区域拍摄图像、检测辐射量、进行数据测绘等工作。