Remote machine engineering applications for nuclear facilities decommissioning

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5281030

Toto, G; Wyle, H R

Decontamination and decommissioning of a nuclear facility require the application of techniques that protect the worker and the enviroment from radiological contamination and radiation. Remotely operated portable robotic arms, machines, and devices can be applied. The use of advanced systems should enhance the productivity, safety, and cost facets of the efforts; remote automatic tooling and systems may be used on any job where job hazard and other factors justify application. Many problems based on costs, enviromental impact, health, waste generation, and political issues may be mitigated by use of remotely operated machines. The work that man can not do or should not do will have to be done by machines.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Service Integration Division, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• OSTI ID: 5281030
• Report Number(s): CONF-830905-; TRN: 84-005534
• Journal Information: Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States), Vol. 83-JPGC-NE-23; Conference: Joint power generation conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 25 Sep 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
DECONTAMINATION
COST
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HEALTH HAZARDS
SAFETY
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
RADIATION PROTECTION
POLITICAL ASPECTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
ROBOTS
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
CLEANING
DECOMMISSIONING
EQUIPMENT
HAZARDS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
PERSONNEL
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
WASTES
220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety
210700 - Nuclear Power Plants- Regulation & Licensing