A Remote Characterization System and a fault-tolerant tracking system for subsurface mapping of buried waste sites

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6688677

Sandness, G A; Bennett, D W ^[1]; Martinson, L ^[2]; Bingham, D N; Anderson, A A ^[3]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co., Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
3. EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

This paper describes two closely related projects that will provide new technology for characterizing hazardous waste burial sites. The first project, a collaborative effort by five of the national laboratories, involves the development and demonstration of a remotely controlled site characterization system. The Remote Characterization System (RCS) includes a unique low-signature survey vehicle, a base station, radio telemetry data links, satellite-based vehicle tracking, stereo vision, and sensors for noninvasive inspection of the surface and subsurface. The second project, conducted by the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), involves the development of a position sensing system that can track a survey vehicle or instrument in the field. This system can coordinate updates at a rate of 200/s with an accuracy better than 0.1% of the distance separating the target and the sensor. It can employ acoustic or electromagnetic signals in a wide range of frequencies and can be operated as a passive or active device.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6688677
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-20937; CONF-920851-85; ON: DE93004404
• Resource Relation: Conference: Spectrum 92: nuclear and hazardous waste management international topical meeting, Boise, ID (United States), 23-27 Aug 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
42 ENGINEERING
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MAPPING
REMOTE SENSING
VEHICLES
REMOTE CONTROL
WASTES
ANTENNAS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
MAGNETOMETERS
PIPES
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
ROBOTS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
TANKS
UNDERGROUND
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LEVELS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
SURVEYS
054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety
420200 - Engineering- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
440800 - Miscellaneous Instrumentation- (1990-)