Testing of the West Valley Vitrification Facility transfer cart control system
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has designed and tested the control system for the West Valley Demonstration Project Vitrification Facility transfer cart. The transfer cart will transfer canisters of vitrified high-level waste remotely within the Vitrification Facility. The control system operates the cart under battery power by wireless control. The equipment includes cart-mounted control electronics, battery charger, control pendants, engineer`s console, and facility antennas. Testing was performed in several phases of development: (1) prototype equipment was built and tested during design, (2) board-level testing was then performed at ORNL during fabrication, and (3) system-level testing was then performed by ORNL at the fabrication subcontractor`s facility for the completed cart system. These tests verified (1) the performance of the cart relative to design requirements and (2) operation of various built-in cart features. The final phase of testing is planned to be conducted during installation at the West Valley Vitrification Facility.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., West Valley, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400; AC24-81NE44139
- OSTI ID:
- 64328
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950232-32; ON: DE95006620; TRN: 95:015168
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. American Nuclear Society meeting on robotics and remote systems, Monterey, CA (United States), 5-10 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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