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ROBOTS USED IN

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS


ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Unit V
ROBOT APPLICATIONS

OBJECTIVE
Conventional Industries Vs Nuclear
Reduced Labor
Monotonous tasks
Efficient
Precise
Productive
Economical

Power Plants:

Thermal or radiation environment


Handling heavy radioactive loads
Performing tricky repair
Maintenance operation in contaminated areas

Kinds of Robots Used In


Nuclear Power Plants
Autonomous robots
Tele-robots
Tele-operated Robots

Inspection
Growing area, especially as new
facility designs incorporate remote
maintenance philosophy

Thermal and Visual Inspection


Video Recording of Inspections
Two-way Audio
WRM-2 Network Compatible
In-service Inspections
Leak Detection
Meter and Gauge Reading
Verications
Radiation Monitoring - Dosimetry Survey

Planned Maintenance
Well-established eld, with several
decades of successful robotic
applications.
Over wire/wireless.
Wi-Fi, RF etc.,.

Disturbance Handling
Much current activity related to
decontamination, decommissioning,
and dismantling.
Full control, wired/ wireless.
Articial Intelligence: Decision
making

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