AUTONOMOUS PATH PLANNING AND PATH EXECUTION FOR DECONTAMINATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OBJECTS

• Main Authors: BROWN Dane P, GLOVER Jared, BRUCE, IV W. Edward, PARK Joonwhee, NARASIMHADEVARA Murali Tejo Vijay, BHAI Nicholas N, LAPRESTI Michael A, PETROSKY Lyman J, SCHNEPF Mark
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 12.09.2023
• Subjects: DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHYSICS; PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL

A method of decontaminating an object removed from a nuclear power plant utilizing a decontamination system is disclosed. The decontamination system includes a platform, an imaging system, a robotic arm including an end effector configured to discharge a decontamination medium, and a control system...