Luke Thomson
(RACE)
9/6/16, 4:40 PM
G. Vessel/In-Vessel Engineering and Remote Handling
Oral
It is recognized that ITER will be the first nuclear installation where welding and cutting of pipes are performed routinely under Remote Handling conditions.
Remote pipe maintenance tooling has been developed for JET, but conditions were such that manual deployment was permitted. Ultra-high vacuum class welding and cutting are highly skilled tasks and demand the precise control of parameters...
Damao Yao
(Institute of plasma physics)
9/6/16, 5:00 PM
G. Vessel/In-Vessel Engineering and Remote Handling
Oral
Befroe join ITER project fusion technologies development in China are focus on fusion device and plasma operation related. Components on fusion device installed, removed and maintained by personnel. Robotic technologies are never applied for fusion.
China joined ITER from 2004. Scientists and engineers are involved in ITER related study and technologies development. Remote handling systems are...
Jonathan Keep
(RACE)
9/6/16, 5:20 PM
G. Vessel/In-Vessel Engineering and Remote Handling
Oral
As part of the programme to create a viable concept design for the Eurofusion DEMO powerplant, RACE is developing a concept design for the remote maintenance system. Within the DEMO tokamak, breeding blankets will require periodic replacement. In the current DEMO design this replacement will utilize the upper vertical ports at the top of the vacuum vessel. This operation will be challenging...
Rodrigo Ventura
(Institute for Systems and Robotics)
9/6/16, 5:40 PM
G. Vessel/In-Vessel Engineering and Remote Handling
Oral
Nuclear power plants require periodically maintenance, including the remote handling operations of transportation performed by automated guided vehicles (AGV). The navigation system becomes a key issue given the safety constrains of the heavy load to be transported in the complex scenarios, such as the reactor building.
This work presents well-known and mature navigation technologies used by...
