Drone used to map radioactive vault at former US weapons website

A drone has mapped a vault filled with radioactive powder as a part of a decades-long venture to wash up a former weapons and nuclear vitality check website in Idaho

By James Dinneen

In late November, huddled in a freezing tent, a bunch of individuals watched a dwell video feed of a drone because it descended into an enormous vault. There was no seen change, however as soon as previous the thick concrete ceiling, the drone was flying by scorching air irradiated with the equal of about 500 X-rays each second. Greater than sufficient to kill an individual. No drawback for a drone.

The drone was conducting reconnaissance as a part of a decades-long …