Robot hunts sludge and hoses it away

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Mech. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7013289

Trovato, S A

Engineers are frustrated by the need to maintain equipment that tools can only reach with difficulty and that human hands cannot reach at all. Accessibility for inspection and maintenance is a frequently overlooked factor in the design of many types of equipment. Such is the case with pressurized-water-reactor (PWR) nuclear power plants that use steam generators. The steam generators form the boundary between the nuclear reactor coolant system and the secondary turbine cycle. Inspection and maintenance are hindered not only by inaccessibility but by radiation as well. To facilitate inspection and maintenance on the secondary side of these generators, Consolidated Edison of New York has collaborated in the development of a robot called Cecil - the Con Edison Combined Inspection and Lancing system. This article describe CECIL.

• Research Organization: Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Research, Consolidated Edison, New York, NY (US)
• OSTI ID: 7013289
• Journal Information: Mech. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 110:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
42 ENGINEERING
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ROBOTS
SLUDGES
REMOVAL
STEAM GENERATORS
CLEANING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INSPECTION
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RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTOR MAINTENANCE
REACTOR SAFETY
REMOTE CONTROL
REMOTE HANDLING
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
BOILERS
CONTROL
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REGION II
MAINTENANCE
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
NORTH AMERICA
REACTORS
SAFETY
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VAPOR GENERATORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
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