Use of a remotely operated vehicle (submarine) for nuclear plant inspections

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:7027761

Duink, S S; Adam, J D

This paper describes the use of a specialized remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to perform visual underwater inspections in nuclear power plants. An underwater ROV, or minisubmarine, for visual inspections has several advantages over the more traditional camera-on-a-pole techniques and can perform some inspections easily that in the past were considered too difficult to conduct remotely. Other advantages include radiation does savings, outage critical path savings, and reduced manpower and expenses.

• OSTI ID: 7027761
• Report Number(s): CONF-890604-; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 90-023242
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Vol. 59; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Atlanta, GA (USA), 4-8 Jun 1989; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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