Environmental restoration and waste management: Robotics technology development program: Robotics 5-year program plan

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6187353

In FY 1990 Robotics Technology Development Program (RTDP) planning teams visited five DOE sites. These sites were selected by the Office of Technology Development to provide a needs basis for developing a 5-Year Plan. Visits to five DOE sites provided identification of needs for robotics technology development to support Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (ER WM) projects at those sites. Additional site visits will be conducted in the future to expand the planning basis. This volume summarizes both the results of the site visits and the needs and requirements of the priority ER WM activities at the sites, including potential needs for robotics and remote systems technology. It also discusses hazards associated with the site activities and any problems or technical uncertainties associated with dealing with the hazards in the performance of the ER WM work. Robotic or remote systems currently under development for remediation projects or waste operations are also discussed. The information in this document is organized principally by site, activity, and priority. Section 2.0, Site Needs, is based on information from the site visit reports and provides a summary which focuses on the site needs and requirements for each priority activity. Section 2.0 also records evaluations and discussions by the RTDP team following the site visit. Section 3.0, Commonality Assessment, documents similar site needs where common, or cross-cutting, robotics technology might be applied to several activities. Section 4.0 contains a summary of the site needs and requirements in tabular form. 1 tab.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Technology Development
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EM
• OSTI ID: 6187353
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM-0007T-Vol.3; ON: DE91008028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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