Visual inspection submersible for nuclear power plant

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:86110

Kimura, M; Okano, H; Ozaki, O; Shimada, H ^[1]

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1. Toshiba Corp., Yokohama (Japan)

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) are currently in use for visual inspections within reactor pressure vessels (RPV). In boiling water reactors (BWR), there is a complex RPV consisting of structures which are not disassembled during outages. To inspect the large volume of the RPV and associated components, the inspection vehicle must be compact and easily maneuverable. Toshiba has developed an ROV for the purpose of visual inspections in BWRS. This paper describes this ROV, the most compact visual inspection submersible yet manufactured and used in a BWR.

• OSTI ID: 86110
• Report Number(s): CONF-9505104-; ISBN 0-87170-548-6; TRN: 95:017413
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. international conference on nondestructive evaluation in the nuclear and pressure vessel industries, Kyoto (Japan), 22-25 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 13. international conference on NDE in the nuclear and pressure vessel industries; Iida, Kunihiro [ed.] [Shibaura Inst. of Technology, Tokyo (Japan)]; Light, G.M [ed.] [Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States)]; Whittle, M.J. [ed.] [John Whittle and Associates, Cheshire (United Kingdom)]; PB: 503 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
PRESSURE VESSELS
IN-SERVICE INSPECTION
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SUPPORTS
CAMERAS