Current robotic systems have been developed primarily for the automotive and electronic industry. The adaptation of these commercial robotic systems to applications in the manufacturing of nuclear fuel requires the addition of safety interlocks as to the handling and accountability of nuclear materials. Also, additional safety interlocks are required when the robots are operated in containment enclosures that are environmentally sealed. Interlocks have been incorporated into a commercial robot. The robotic system has been installed in the containment enclosure as part of the pellet storage subsystem into the Secure Automated Fabrication (SAF) facility currently being built by Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). The system has been installed in the Fuel Cycle Plant and is scheduled for initial operational testing in 1986. (ERA citation 12:004564)


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    Title :

    Incorporation of Safety Interlocks in Commercial Robotics for Handling of Nuclear Materials


    Contributors:
    F. W. Moore (author)

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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