Development of a remote inspection robot and camera positoners for reactor tank inspection

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6370617

Birmingham, B R; Killian, M A; Pak, D J; Parmer, J K

The Equipment Engineering Division of the Savannah River Laboratory has developed an integrated system of special purpose robots, camera positioners, nondestructive evaluation (NDE) data acquisition and analysis instrumentation, electronic controls, and auxiliary hardware to perform remote ultrasonic and eddy current inspections inside the Savannah River Plant's nuclear reactor tanks. This paper presents the mechanical development of the remote inspection robot and camera positioner. The robot utilizes six degrees-of-freedom to precisely position various NDE sensors while scanning the inside wall of the reactor tank. The 3-axis camera positioners provide high-resolution views of the inspection activities. 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6370617
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-88-114; CONF-890304-18; ON: DE89004381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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42 ENGINEERING
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CAMERAS
CONTAINERS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
INSPECTION
MATERIALS TESTING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
REACTORS
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
ROBOTS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TANKS
TESTING
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS