In-vessel remote maintenance of the Compact Ignition Tokamak
The Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT) is the first deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion device that will study the physics of an ignited plasma. The ability of the tokamak vacuum vessel to be maintained remotely while under vacuum has not been fully demonstrated on previous machines, and this ability will be critical to the efficient and safe operation of ignition devices. Although manned entry into the CIT vacuum vessel will be possible during the nonactivated stages of operation, remotely automated equipment will be used to assist in initial assembly of the vessel as well as to maintain all in-vessel components once the D-T burn is achieved. Remote maintenance and operation will be routinely required for replacement of thermal protection tiles, inspection of components, leak detection, and repair welding activities. Conceptual design to support these remote maintenance activities has been integrated with the conceptual design of the in-vessel components to provide a complete and practical remote maintenance system for CIT. The primary remote assembly and maintenance operations on CIT will be accomplished through two dedicated 37- x 100-cm ports on the main toroidal vessel. Each port contains a single articulated boom manipulator (ABM), which is capable of accessing half of the torus. The proposed ABM consists of a movable carriage assembly, telescoping two-part mast, and articulated link sections. 1 ref.
- OSTI ID:
- 5840955
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8711195-
- Journal Information:
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 55; Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15-19 Nov 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COMPACT IGNITION TOKAMAK
MAINTENANCE
MANIPULATORS
DESIGN
PRESSURE VESSELS
BEARINGS
INSPECTION
LEAKS
MOTORS
PLASMA
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
REPAIR
WELDING
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONTAINERS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
JOINING
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
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