An rf communications system for the West Valley transfer cart
A prototype radio frequency communications system for digital data was designed and built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for use in controlling the vitrification facility transfer cart at the West Valley Nuclear Services facility in New York. The communications system provides bidirectional wireless data transfer between the operator control station and the material transfer cart. The system was designed to operate in radiation fields of 10[sup 4] R/h while withstanding a total integrated dose of 10[sup 7] R of gamma radiation. Implementation of antenna spatial diversity, automatic gain control, and spectral processing improves operation in the reflective environment of the metal-lined reprocessing cells.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400; AC07-81NE44139
- OSTI ID:
- 6605974
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930403-38; ON: DE93010273
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. topical meeting on robotics and remote systems, Knoxville, TN (United States), 26-29 Apr 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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