Title :
Development of divertor cassette transporters for ITER
Author :
Takeda, N. ; Akou, K. ; Kakudate, S. ; Takiguchi, Y. ; Tada, E. ; Burgess, T. ; Shibanuma, K. ; Haange, R.
Author_Institution :
JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A remote maintenance system for a divertor, an in-vessel component in a fusion reactor, is discussed. Results of design and fabrication of divertor cassette transporters and their performance are presented
Keywords :
fusion reactor design; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor operation; materials handling; mobile robots; nuclear reactor maintenance; telerobotics; transportation; ITER; divertor cassette transporters; fabrication; fusion reactor; invessel component; reactor design; remote maintenance system; Design engineering; Electronic design automation and methodology; Europe; Fabrication; Fusion reactor design; Fusion reactors; Inductors; Rails; Research and development; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687775