Remote radioactive waste drum inspection with an autonomous mobile robot

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6729941

Heckendorn, F M; Ward, C R; Wagner, D G

An autonomous mobile robot is being developed to perform remote surveillance and inspection task on large numbers of stored radioactive waste drums. The robot will be self guided through narrow storage aisles and record the visual image of each viewable drum for subsequent off line analysis and archiving. The system will remove the personnel from potential exposure to radiation, perform the require inspections, and improve the ability to assess the long term trends in drum conditions.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6729941
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-92-359; CONF-930579-1; ON: DE93002404
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. topical American Nuclear Society (ANS) meeting on robotics and remote systems, Knoxville, TN (United States), May 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
INSPECTION
ROBOTS
OPERATION
IMAGES
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SAFETY
STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety
052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage