Towards a Remote Handling Toolkit for Fusion: Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges - 17360
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OSTI ID:22802383
- UK Atomic Energy Authority (United Kingdom)
It is increasingly recognised within the fusion research community that the next generation of remote maintenance solutions will be a 'device defining driver' for a future fusion power plant. The unique Remote Handling Systems that operates at JET, EUROfusion's research reactor that is operated by the UKAEA at Culham, Oxfordshire, remains the archetype for future designs. At ITER, the international fusion research experiment being constructed in the South of France, many $100's millions will be invested in supplying and then operating remote handling solutions. This paper will provide a brief history of the JET Remote Handling System in recent campaigns and will present initial results of the ITER remote operated cutting and welding trials. Finally, the paper will comment on reasons for establishing RACE, the UKAEA's centre for Remote Applications in Challenging Environments and the task of integrating new robotics including autonomous vehicles, snake-like manipulators and autonomous remote maintenance systems into the design of a future fusion reactor. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22802383
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17360
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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