CLEANING ROBOT FOR FLANGE PART OF NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTAINER

PURPOSE:To reddce the exposure to radiactive rays of an operator in the cleaning work for the flange part of the trunk part of a nuclear reactor, container (hereinafter called as RV), economize manhour, reduce cost, and recover the contaminated waste, by carrying out the cleaning work by an automate...

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Main Authors HIGUCHI YASUTAKA, TOMOHARA YASUTAKA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.10.1994
Edition5
Subjects
DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
PHYSICS
PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL
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Summary:PURPOSE:To reddce the exposure to radiactive rays of an operator in the cleaning work for the flange part of the trunk part of a nuclear reactor, container (hereinafter called as RV), economize manhour, reduce cost, and recover the contaminated waste, by carrying out the cleaning work by an automated robot. CONSTITUTION:A robot body 2 is installed in a shiftable manner through a driving wheel 4 on a guide rail 1 which is installed in a demountable manner at a part F1 of an RV container, and water is poured to a driving brush 5 which revolves on a cleaned surface 5 of the RV flange F2 from a water feeding mechanism 6, and at the same time, water is drained by a suction hose 7 separately, and the piled article which is scraped by the brush 5 is automatically recovered.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19930096803