Plutonium Immobilization Project -- Robotic canister loading | |
Hamilton, R.L. | |
Savannah River Site (S.C.) | |
关键词: 98 Nuclear Disarmament, Safeguards, And Physical Protection; Waste Forms; Robots; Loading; Nuclear Weapons Dismantlement; | |
DOI : 10.2172/752208 RP-ID : WSRC-TR-99-00487 RP-ID : AC09-96SR18500 RP-ID : 752208 |
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美国|英语 | |
来源: UNT Digital Library | |
【 摘 要 】
The Plutonium Immobilization Program (PIP) is a joint venture between the Savannah River Site (SRS), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). When operational in 2008, the PIP will fulfill the nation's nonproliferation commitment by placing surplus weapons-grade plutonium in a permanently stable ceramic form and making it unattractive for reuse. Since there are significant radiation and security concerns, the program team is developing novel and unique technology to remotely perform plutonium immobilization tasks. The remote task covered in this paper employs a jointed arm robot to load seven 3.5 inch diameter, 135-pound cylinders (magazines) through the 4 inch diameter neck of a stainless steel canister. Working through the narrow canister neck, the robot secures the magazines into a specially designed rack pre-installed in the canister. To provide the deterrent effect, the canisters are filled with a mixture of high-level waste and glass at the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF).
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