Use of remotely operated excavators for environmental restoration projects
Journal Article
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:89373
Spar Aerospace and RSI Research have modified a Hitachi model EX200LC for remote operation. For projects requiring the retrieval of certain types of radioactive and hazardous waste, the toxic nature of the material will require that remotely operated equipment be used to retrieve the waste. For the recovery of buried boxes and drums, an excavator that has been modified for remote operation provides both the high payload capacity as well as the ruggedness to safely and efficiently recover these types of material. The Hitachi model EX200LC excavator was selected because this model of excavator has the payload capacity and versatility to recover buried radioactive waste at U.S. Department of Energy sites as well as buried ordnance and toxic chemicals at Department of Defense sites.
- OSTI ID:
- 89373
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941102--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 71; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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