Compact Viscometer Prototype for Remote In Situ Analysis of Sludge

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 19; no. 15; p. 3299
• Main Authors: Fried, Tomas, Cheneler, David, Monk, Stephen D., Taylor, C. James, Dodds, Jonathan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.07.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Extrusion dies; Laboratories; Lasers; nuclear decommissioning; Nuclear power plants; Polymer melts; rapid prototyping; Rheology; Robotics; Strain hardening; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; nuclear decommissioning; rapid prototyping; rheology

On the Sellafield site there are several legacy storage tanks and silos containing sludge of uncertain properties. While there are efforts to determine the chemical and radiological properties of the sludge, to clean out and decommission these vessels, the physical properties need to be ascertained...