Proceedings of the IEEK Conference (대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집)

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A Study of Nuclear Power Plant Inspection Tasks Using A Mobile Robot

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  • 김창회 (한국원자력연구소 양자과학기술개발팀) ;
  • 서용칠 (한국원자력연구소 양자과학기술개발팀) ;
  • 조재완 (한국원자력연구소 양자과학기술개발팀) ;
  • 최영수 (한국원자력연구소 양자과학기술개발팀) ;
  • 김승호 (한국원자력연구소 양자과학기술개발팀)
  • Published : 2002.06.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we presents the remote inspection activity with a mobile robot at the calandria face areas of the PHWR (pressurized heavy water reactor) nuclear power plants during full power plant operation.. The tele-operated mobile robot has been developed for this task. A 4 wheeled mechanism with the dual reconfigurable crawler arm has been adopted for the ease access to the high radiation area of calandria face. A specially designed extendable long reach mast attached on the mobile platform and the thermal image monitoring system enable human eyes to look into the calandria face. Application of robot will keep human workers from high radiation exposure and enhance the reliability of nuclear power plants.

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