Real-time, multitasking control system for reactor inspection robots

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

OSTI ID:6511408

Byrne, T J; Jenkins, J B; Lewis, W I; Park, L R; Reeves, G E

The Equipment Engineering Division of the Department of Energy's Savannah River Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina has developed a remote system to perform ultrasonic (UT) and eddy current (ET) wall weld inspections inside the nuclear reactors at the site. The basic components of the inspection system include an inspection robot and control hardware, a supervisory computer, and ultrasonic and eddy current data collection and analysis computers. The ultrasonic and eddy current systems are responsible for driving the transducers, and digitizing, displaying, and storing the information. 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6511408
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-88-98; CONF-890304-6; ON: DE89002455
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220400* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Control Systems
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990210 -- Supercomputers-- (1987-1989)
ACOUSTIC TESTING
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EDDY CURRENT TESTING
ELECTROMAGNETIC TESTING
INSPECTION
JOINTS
MATERIALS TESTING
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS
ROBOTS
TESTING
ULTRASONIC TESTING
WELDED JOINTS