Application of robotics in remote fuel fabrication operations
Conference
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OSTI ID:6894717
The Secure Automated Fabrication (SAF) line, an automated and remotely controlled manufacturing process, is scheduled for startup in 1987 and will produce mixed uranium/plutonium oxide fuel pins for the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). The application of robotics in the fuel fabrication and supporting operations is described.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 6894717
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-3059-FP; CONF-840916-1; ON: DE84011481
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Test & Experimental Reactors
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CHALCOGENIDES
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
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FAST REACTORS
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MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
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PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
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REACTOR COMPONENTS
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RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
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SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
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URANIUM COMPOUNDS
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Test & Experimental Reactors
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
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FAST REACTORS
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FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
FUEL PINS
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
ROBOTS
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
TEST REACTORS
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES