Yucca Mountain Waste Package Closure System Robotic Welding and Inspection System
Abstract
The Waste Package Closure System (WPCS), for the closure of radioactive waste in canisters for permanent storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste in the Yucca Mountain Repository was designed, fabricated, and successfully demonstrated at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This article focuses on the robotic hardware and tools necessary to remotely weld and inspect the closure lid welds. The system was operated remotely and designed for use in a radiation field, due to the SNF contained in the waste packages being closed.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- DOE - RW
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1023964
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-10-18358
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450; NUTYBB; TRN: US1104637
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 176; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MGMT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 42 ENGINEERING; CLOSURES; CONTAINERS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STORAGE; WASTES; WELDING; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; radioactive waste; remote operations; welding
Citation Formats
Nichol, C I, Pace, D P, Larsen, E D, McJunkin, T R, Clark, D E, Clark, M L, Skinner, K L, Watkins, A D, and Smartt, H B. Yucca Mountain Waste Package Closure System Robotic Welding and Inspection System. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web.
Nichol, C I, Pace, D P, Larsen, E D, McJunkin, T R, Clark, D E, Clark, M L, Skinner, K L, Watkins, A D, & Smartt, H B. Yucca Mountain Waste Package Closure System Robotic Welding and Inspection System. United States.
Nichol, C I, Pace, D P, Larsen, E D, McJunkin, T R, Clark, D E, Clark, M L, Skinner, K L, Watkins, A D, and Smartt, H B. 2011.
"Yucca Mountain Waste Package Closure System Robotic Welding and Inspection System". United States.
@article{osti_1023964,
title = {Yucca Mountain Waste Package Closure System Robotic Welding and Inspection System},
author = {Nichol, C I and Pace, D P and Larsen, E D and McJunkin, T R and Clark, D E and Clark, M L and Skinner, K L and Watkins, A D and Smartt, H B},
abstractNote = {The Waste Package Closure System (WPCS), for the closure of radioactive waste in canisters for permanent storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste in the Yucca Mountain Repository was designed, fabricated, and successfully demonstrated at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This article focuses on the robotic hardware and tools necessary to remotely weld and inspect the closure lid welds. The system was operated remotely and designed for use in a radiation field, due to the SNF contained in the waste packages being closed.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1023964},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
issn = {0029-5450},
number = 1,
volume = 176,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}
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