vansig wrote: the damaged assemblies are presently too hot to handle in those areas, both for humans and for robots;
No they are not. Robots can handle it fine. Electronics when designed with high radiation in mind can handle it fine. In fact the problem with damaged assemblies is active material getting into the cooling water and then delocalization of the radiation. Not an increase in radiation. Waste is not safe to eat or anything. But not some get within 30 feet turn into Godzilla thing either.
