Innovative Technology Summary Report: Modified Brokk Demolition Machine with Remote Operator Console. Robotics Crosscutting Program and Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area

摘要

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) continually seeks safer and more cost-effective technologies for use in the deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) of nuclear facilities. The DOE Office of Science and Technology (OST) Robotics Crosscutting Program (Rbx) is a needs-directed program for the development of robotic technologies that hold significant promise to provide faster, safer, or less expensive systems for application to environmental management (EM) problems. The Rbx is structured into product lines that align with major EM problem areas and the associated focus areas, such as the Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area (D&DFA). A multi-site team performs the work in each of the Rbx product lines with activities coordinated by a designated lead site. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the lead site for the Rbx D&D Product Line. During fiscal year (FY) 1999, the Rbx identified the need for a low-cost D&D system to support selected D&D activities at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in conjunction with the Compact Remote Console (CRC) being developed under Rbx D&D funding at ORNL. The lowcost D&D system identified for integration with the ORNL CRC was the commercially available Brokk 250. This integrated system, referred to as the Modified Brokk Demolition Machine with Remote Console, was deployed in conjunction with the D&DFA Large-Scale Demonstration and Deployment Project (LSDDP) and the INEEL D&D site operations. This deployment was completed during D&D activities at the INEEL Security Training Facility (STF) in January 2000. This Innovative Technology Summary Report (ITSR) will provide a discussion of the technologies involved in this deployment.