Why are robots used to clean up nuclear waste?

No, nuclear energy is only used to make electricity

Nuclear waste arises out of the use of nuclear power, so it will continue to be produced as long as nuclear power is used. ...

Because nuclear waste doesn't give off the same radiation as the sun.

Nuclear reactors produce heat, the heat then is used to make steam, turning turbines. Therefore, the waste of a nuclear power plant is excess steam. ...

yes, Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives. However, this creates no problems. This wastes are either confined in the spent nuclear fuel (that is stored either in wet storage or in dry storage facilities) or stored as vitrified nuclear waste. ...

Nuclear power produces nuclear waste, which can be dangerous. Nuclear power can also be used to produce material for nuclear weapons. ...

the effective storage and disposal of nuclear waste

Nuclear waste is any unwanted material that is radioactive. That includes everything from used fuel rods in a reactor, to protective clothing that has contamination of a radioactive nature. Nuclear weapons are typically a fusion or fission device used to attack someone/ something/ some place. ...

Robots are mainly used in machinery.

Robots are used in hospitals to help with surgery!

nuclear fission results in the presence of used nuclear fuel that should be: either reprocessed (to gain back the remaining uranium and produced plutonium and to get the fission products as vitrified waste), or stored as high active waste; either under water or in dry storage casks. ...

Nuclear energy is being used all over the world. It is used less than it might otherwise be because of concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants and the disposal of nuclear waste, which is highly radioactive, poisonous, and lasts millions of years. ...

Industrial production and in highly dangerous or unstable environments, for example factory line construction of cars or nuclear reactors. ...

Medical robots are robots used for medical and health care reasons.

Radioactive waste is an inevitable consequence of nuclear fission reactors, but it is contained in the used fuel assemblies and these can be kept in a safe place so that the waste will not enter the environment ...

Nuclear reactions produce a large amount of energy and most plants are in standby than being used at any given time. Nuclear reactions also produce no Carbon Dioxide waste, but they do make nuclear waste which must be stored until the radiation decreases to a safe level ...

It is not bad to generate electricity using nuclear power. However, there are concerns some people have with nuclear power, in particular with the side effects of it. In the process of generating electricity nuclear fuel is used up and left as what is called nuclear waste. This waste is very radioactive and a danger to living things for upwards of 10000 years. This waste must be stored, and debates about where and how it should be stored can lead people to...

Historically, mining and purifying uranium has not been a clean process, and in many locations that is still the case. Improper regulation, maintenance, or operation of a single plant can release tons of radioactive dust into the environment should an accident occur. Used fuel remains toxic for centuries. To date, there is no fully effective, safe, permanent storage area for nuclear waste. Transporting nuclear fuel and waste presents a large safety risk. ...

Short of stopping to use nuclear power, and any other handling and refining of nuclear material - you can't. Nuclear waste is an unavoidable by product of using fission power. It just has to be stored and treated carefully. You can't if nuclear fission is used. Nuclear fusion would not produce the highly active fission products that are the main problem, but it's not a practical proposition yet. ...

Exploratory robots are used in places where humans can't or shouldn't go.

Nuclear energy is a clean energy and doesn't pollute the atmosphere

Nuclear fission produces nuclear waste which has to be desposed off and because of the nuclear waste's long half-life it takes thousands of years before the waste becomes safe. Mining for U-238 is expensive and an enrichment process is required to turn U-238 to U-235 before it can be used in a nuclear reactor, this takes time and money and is another disadvantage. ...

Nuclear Power Plants are used to help generate electricity. The advantages of Nuclear Power Plants are the efficiency and low immediate pollution. The disadvantages are the radioactive waste and possibility of a meltdown. ...

Nuclear power plants are expensive to build and need highly trained engineers to operate. Fear of a nuclear accident and fear of nuclear waste mean many people don't want nuclear plants to be built near them. ...

They are used for you to compete with.