Operations and achievements of remote equipment at TMI-2 (Three Mile Island Unit 2)
The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) project team evaluated teleoperators and robotic devices to participate in recovery work. The team carefully evaluated available options with client personnel. The goals of an as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) radiation protection program and safe, efficient cleanup of the facility were the primary program objectives. Teleoperators that met our requirements were not commercially available in 1980. The project team worked closely with Carnegie-Mellon University, which produced with remote reconnaissance vehicles (RRVs) that conducted the major recovery operations in the reactor building basement. The RRVs provided the capability to deliver multitudes of remotely controlled and robotic devices for extended time periods to the reactor building basement at TMI-2, as well as other hostile environments. The teleoperator experience gained in this program is comprehensive and diverse.
- OSTI ID:
- 5743101
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-881011-
- Journal Information:
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 57; Conference: Joint meeting of the European Nuclear Society and the American Nuclear Society, Washington, DC, USA, 30 Oct - 4 Nov 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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