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Many specialized robots perform nuclear-powerplant tasks

Journal Article · · Electrical World; (United States)
OSTI ID:5244979
This article describes various specialized robots and the tasks for which they were designed in nuclear power plants. These tasks include steam generator sludge removal and inspection, spent fuel pool cleaning, data gathering, maintenance, disassembling reactor internals, opening and closing PWR and BWR vessels, autonomous monitoring of various environmental parameters within a running reactor, canopy-seal weld inspection and repair, reactor vessel inspection, and plant decommissioning.
OSTI ID:
5244979
Journal Information:
Electrical World; (United States), Journal Name: Electrical World; (United States) Vol. 203:5; ISSN ELWOA; ISSN 0013-4457
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English