• DocumentCode
    323913
  • Title

    Factory automation adapted for the decommissioning of nuclear reprocessing facilities

  • Author

    Bicknell, A. ; Hardey, G.

  • Author_Institution
    British Nuclear Fuels plc
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    16-20 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Abstract
    Decommissioning of redundant radioactive facilities is a growing world wide activity engaging the nuclear industry. This paper reports the results of recent research and development into the use of industrial robots for decommissioning tasks. A brief discussion of the decommissioning problem domain compared with factory automation is followed by a description of the control system developed to utilise factory automation robotics
  • Keywords
    factory automation; industrial robots; materials handling; nuclear fuel cycle facilities; decommissioning; factory automation; industrial robots; nuclear industry; nuclear reprocessing facilities; radioactive facilities; Control systems; Humans; Manufacturing automation; Nuclear fuels; Plasma measurements; Programmable control; Research and development; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Leuven
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4300-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676318
  • Filename
    676318