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Title: Light duty utility arm

Abstract

The Light-Duty Utility Arm (LDUA) System is a mobile, multi-axis positioning system capable of deploying tools and sensors (end effecters) inside radioactive waste tanks for tank wall inspection, waste characterization, and waste retrieval. The LDUA robotic manipulator enters a tank through existing openings (risers) in the tank dome of the underground tanks. Using various end effecters, the LDUA System is a versatile system for high-level waste tank remediation. The LDUA System provides a means to deploy tools, while increasing the technology resources available to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Ongoing end effecter development will provide additional capabilities to remediate the waste tanks.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Science and Technology, Washington, DC (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
6064
Report Number(s):
DOE/EM-0406; OST Reference # 85
OST Reference # 85; TRN: US0101705
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; MANIPULATORS; OPENINGS; POSITIONING; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STORAGE FACILITIES; WASTE RETRIEVAL; REMOTE HANDLING; TOOLS; MONITORS; REMEDIAL ACTION

Citation Formats

. Light duty utility arm. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/6064.
. Light duty utility arm. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6064
. 1998. "Light duty utility arm". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6064. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6064.
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abstractNote = {The Light-Duty Utility Arm (LDUA) System is a mobile, multi-axis positioning system capable of deploying tools and sensors (end effecters) inside radioactive waste tanks for tank wall inspection, waste characterization, and waste retrieval. The LDUA robotic manipulator enters a tank through existing openings (risers) in the tank dome of the underground tanks. Using various end effecters, the LDUA System is a versatile system for high-level waste tank remediation. The LDUA System provides a means to deploy tools, while increasing the technology resources available to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Ongoing end effecter development will provide additional capabilities to remediate the waste tanks.},
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year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
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