Apparatus and method for the recovery of radioactive material in a closed chamber.

摘要

Apparatus for moving waste (11) radioactive from a chamber (13) of storage to another container (28) suitable by means of a flowing fluid, the apparatus comprising a tube (1) flexible in use, inserted in the chamber (13) storage and connected to a suction device which can maintain a negative pressure in the tube (11), the suction device outside the chamber (13) storage, being characterized in located that the tube (1) is provided with a plurality device (7a, 7b) of elongated maneuvering around the circumference of the tube (1) and extending in the longitudinal direction of the tube (1), said plurality of switching devices elongated comprising a first set of devices (7a) maneuver connected to a first actuator located outside the chamber (13) storage, the first set of devices (7a) being arranged to bend maneuver part (2) below the tube (1) and being coupled next to the ends of the longitudinal extension of the part (2) of the lower tube.