A Remote Maintenance Robot System for a Pulsed Nuclear Reactor

William M. Davidson; Alan K. Morimoto; Mary M. Moya; J. Lee Schoeneman; Siegfried Thunborg; Gregory P. Starr

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A34015

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A Remote Maintenance Robot System for a Pulsed Nuclear Reactor

William M. Davidson, Alan K. Morimoto, Mary M. Moya, J. Lee Schoeneman, Siegfried Thunborg, Gregory P. Starr

Nuclear Technology / Volume 79 / Number 3 / December 1987 / Pages 249-259

Technical Paper / Fission Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A34015

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A remote maintenance robot system for use in a hazardous environment is presented. The system consists of a programmable turntable, a robot, and hoist subsystems, which operate under the control of a supervisory computer to perform coordinated programmed maintenance operations on a pulsed nuclear reactor.