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Lead removal from radioactive vessels using a mobile robot

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OSTI ID:6412947
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The Robotics Development Group at the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) has developed and implemented a technique for removing lead counterweights from highly radioactive ion exchange vessels using a large teleoperated mobile robot and custom design tooling. The ion exchange vessels or deionizers present both a radiation and a contamination hazard and therefore the lead cannot be removed manually by plant personnel using hand tools. Remote handling and manipulation techniques using a mobile robot and pneumatically operated power tools have been used to successfully remove lead from 10 deionizer vessels. 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:
6412947
Report Number(s):
DP-MS-88-95; CONF-890304-24; ON: DE89004773
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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