Application of robotics for the nuclear power plants in Korea

In the last decade, the development of more compact and lightweight radiation detection systems led to their application in handheld and small unmanned systems, particularly air-based platforms. Examples of improvements are: the use of silicon photomultiplier-based scintillators, new scintillating crystals, compact dual-mode detectors (gamma/neutron), data fusion, mobile sensor networks, cooperative detection and search. Gamma cameras and dual-particle cameras are increasingly being used for source location. This study reviews and discusses the research advancements in the field of gamma-ray and neutron measurements using mobile radiation detection systems since the Fukushima nuclear accident. Four scenarios are considered: radiological and nuclear accidents and emergencies; illicit traffic of special nuclear materials and radioactive materials; nuclear, accelerator, targets, and irradiation facilities; and naturally occurring radioactive materials monitoring-related activities. The work presented in this paper aims to: compile and review information on the radiation detection systems, contextual sensors and platforms used for each scenario; assess their advantages and limitations, looking prospectively to new research and challenges in the field; and support the decision making of national radioprotection agencies and response teams in respect to adequate detection system for each scenario. For that, an extensive literature review was conducted.

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State-of-the-Art Mobile Radiation Detection Systems for Different Scenarios

Marques

Vale

Vaz

2021

Sensors

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“…have been developed by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) for maintenance of reactor coolant system during refueling outage. The system [7] is a four wheeled robot with zero turning radius and stairs climbing ability. A manipulator is mounted at top of the robot for inspection and maintenance purpose.…”

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Robotics for Nuclear Power Plants — Challenges and future perspectives

Iqbal

Tahir

Islam

et al. 2012

2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI)

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Use of robotics and computerized tools in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) has been identified as a highly recommended practice by IAEA. The key rationale of robotics application has always been to avoid human exposure to hazardous environments and tasks ranging from scrutiny and general maintenance to decontamination and post accidental activities. To execute these activities, robots need to incorporate artificial intelligence, improved sensors capability, enhanced data fusion and compliant human like leg and hand structures for efficient motions. Next generation robotic systems in NPPs are expected to work in full autonomous mode in contrast to the current semi-autonomous scenarios. Far future systems could deploy humanoid robots as well. This paper presents state-of-theart of robotics developed for NPPs, associated challenges and finally comments on future directions. Raza ul Islam is a Master student at CIIT Pakistan and is actively involved in research on robotics and control systems. S. Riaz un Nabi is a PhD candidate in Istituto

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“…Currently there are several robotic prototypes being applied in the nuclear field, such as: wall climber inspection robots (Briones L.;Bustamante P.;and Serna M. A., 1994), the Robug IIS (Luk B. L. et al, 2005), which is a robotic vehicle on legs to overcome obstacles in more complex terrain, Robot Snake (Buckingham R., Graham A., 2005), used to make repairs on nuclear pipes, Korean robots Kaerot (Kim S., et al, 2010), used for inspection and detection in nuclear plants, underwater robots (Nawaz S. et al, 2009) to inspection and detection of nuclear waste, and the robotic vehicle called EQUIPA NIPPON (Ohno K. et al, 2011), designed to measure radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tohoku University, and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).…”

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A Prototype of a Robotic Research Facility for Nuclear Applications

Silveira¹,

Pereira²,

Schirru³

2017

Projectus

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This work presents the development of the prototype of a robotic nuclear monitoring facility aimed to support technological and scientific research. It is a terrestrial robot in which nuclear and conventional instrumentation are available and easy-to-use through a user-friendly library for Python programming. The facility may be teleoperated (by mobile devices, notebook or desktop) or operate in autonomous mode, in which a user-defined program run on robot CPU.

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Application of robotics for the nuclear power plants in Korea

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State-of-the-Art Mobile Radiation Detection Systems for Different Scenarios

State-of-the-Art Mobile Radiation Detection Systems for Different Scenarios

Robotics for Nuclear Power Plants — Challenges and future perspectives

A Prototype of a Robotic Research Facility for Nuclear Applications

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