Personnel protection through reconnaissance robotics at Superfund remedial sites
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5268341
Investigation, mitigation, and clean-up of hazardous materials at Superfund sites normally require on-site workers to perform hazardous and sometimes potentially dangerous functions. Such functions include site surveys and the reconnaissance for airborne and buried toxic environmental contaminants. Workers conducting on-site air monitoring risk dermal, ocular and inhalation exposure to hazardous chemicals, while those performing excavations also risk in addition the potential exposure to fire, explosion, and other physical injury. EPA's current efforts to protect its workers and mitigate these risks include the use of robotic devices. Using robots offers the ultimate in personnel protection by removing the worker from the site of potential exposure. The paper describes the demonstration of a commercially-available robotic platform modified and equipped for air monitoring and the ongoing research for the development of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system to detect buried chemical waste drums. These robotic devices can be ultimately routinely deployed in the field for the purpose of conducting inherently safe reconnaissance activities during Superfund/SARA remedial operations.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5268341
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-166743/XAB; EPA--600/J-92/140
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
CHEMICAL WASTES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MITIGATION
MONITORING
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PERSONNEL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
ROBOTS
SITE SURVEYS
US SUPERFUND
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
CHEMICAL WASTES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MITIGATION
MONITORING
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PERSONNEL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
ROBOTS
SITE SURVEYS
US SUPERFUND
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES