Walking and climbing service robots for safety inspection of nuclear reactor pressure vessels

B. L. Luk; A. A. Collie; D. S. Cooke; S. Chen

doi:10.1177/002029400603900201

Walking and climbing service robots for safety inspection of nuclear reactor pressure vessels

B. L. Luk
, A. A. Collie
, D. S. Cooke
, S. Chen

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Abstract

Walking and climbing service robots, including Nuclear Electric Robot operator (NERO) and Sizewell A Duct Inspection Equipment(SADIE) series,for safety inspection of nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPV), are discussed. NERO was a pneumatically driven non-articulated legged vehicles, and used vacuum gripper feet to hold on the RPV surfaces. The SADIE robot was commissioned by Magnox Electric plc to perform non-destructive testing of various welds on the main reactor cooling gas duct at Sizewell A Power Station. These robots have been applied successfully in real applications and have confirmed the usefulness of these service robots for remote inspection and maintenance applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-47
Journal	Measurement and Control
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/002029400603900201
Publication status	Published - Mar 2006

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