Development of a radiation hardened ANDROS robot for environmental restoration and waste management operations

Conference · Sat Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:225536

Tulenko, J S; Youk, G; Ekdahl, D; Liu, H; Zhou, H; Phillips, K; Sias, F ^[1]; Jones, S; Cable, T; Harvey, H ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
2. Remotec, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A radiation hardened and tolerant version of the ANDROS V-A and VI-A system has been developed by a team composed of engineers and scientists from REMOTEC, Inc. and the University of Florida. The final upgrade of the major control components to a hardness level greater than one megarad is detailed. Over twelve hundred parts were reviewed. The project has completed its Phase 1 and Phase 2 SBIR redesign with the upgrade of all control components. The facilities at the University of Florida which include a linear accelerator and multiple cobalt irradiators have provided the capability to perform the extensive testing required. The commercial production of this radiation hardened ANDROS makes available a mobile platform that can serve as a main work and inspection system for hazardous tasks facing the world nuclear industry.

• OSTI ID: 225536
• Report Number(s): CONF-950917--; ISBN 0-7918-1219-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
42 ENGINEERING
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
RADIATION HARDENING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOTE HANDLING
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
ROBOTS