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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
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Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Page 0
Politics and Isotopes: 10 Years After Fukushima and the Politics of Tritium
Paul T. Dickman (ANL)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 10-11
Transition from Nuclear Operations to Decommissioning Safety Culture
Lynne S. Goodman (Marathon Consulting Group), Philip Chase (Marathon Consulting Group)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 12-13
Development of an Integrated Decommissioning Cost Estimate Method
Gerald E. Williams (Enercon Services), Charles Beatty (Enercon Services), Michael Snyder (Enercon Services)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 14-16
Analysing Human Operators and an Automated System in Swabbing Tasks
Thomas Johnson (Univ. of Manchester), Simon Watson (Univ. of Manchester), Clint Sharrad (Univ. of Manchester), Thomas Carey (National Nuclear Laboratory)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 18-20
Effect of pH and Silicon Concentration on the Competitive Incorporation of Iodine and Chromate into Calcium Carbonate Phases.
Y.P. Katsenovich (Florida International Univ.), R. Gudavalli (Florida International Univ.), L. Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 21-22
Artificial Intelligence Based Analytics to Support Environmental Remote Monitoring
Masudur R. Siddiquee (Florida International Univ.), Santosh Joshi (Florida International Univ.), Himanshu Upadhyay (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 23-25
Underwater Laser Cutting Studies in KAERI for Dismantling Nuclear Facilities
Jae Sung Shin (KAERI), Seong Y. Oh (KAERI), Sungmo Nam (KAERI), Sung Hoon Baik (KAERI), Sungok Kwon (KAERI), Taek-Soo Kim (KAERI), Seung-Kyu Park (KAERI), Hyunmin Park (KAERI), Jonghwan Lee (KAERI)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 26-29
Development of ICT-Based Remote Dismantling System by the Virtual Operation Technology for Kori Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant
Dae-Won Cho (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials), Jeong Suh (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials), Seokyoung Ahn (Pusan National Univ.), Min Cheol Lee (Pusan National Univ.), Yong Soo Kim (Hanyang Univ.), Nam Kyun Kim (KEPCO KPS), Jae-Sug Ki (Sangmyung Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 30-33
Crack Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network Deployed on Mobile Platform
Roger Boza (Florida International Univ.), Santosh Joshi (Florida International Univ.), Himanshu Upadhyay (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 36-38
We Can Weld Shut Spent Fuel Container Lid, Next to Fuel Pellets Safely
Paul Cheng (Univ. of Alberta)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 39-41
The Maximum Temperature of Heat-generating Glass Waste Canisters in Repository
Minsuk Seo (Penn. State Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 42-44
TRM-Transportation of Liquid Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)
G. L. Jackson (Savannah River National Laboratory), J.J. Galan (Savannah River National Laboratory)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 45-48
Design of a Miniature Rover for the Inspection of High-Level Waste Double-Shell Tanks
Shervin Tashakori (Florida International Univ.), Daniel Martin (Florida International Univ.), Sebastian Story (Florida International Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida International Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 60-62
Robotic Inspection System Using Guided Wave Technology for Nuclear Waste Storage Tanks
Victoria Wahlen (Southwest Research Institute), Glynn Bartlett (Southwest Research Institute), Adam Cobb (Southwest Research Institute)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 63-66
Development of a Marsupial Robotic Crawler for the Inspection of High-Level Waste Double-Shell Tank Secondary Liners
Anthony Abrahao (Florida International Univ.), Josue Estrada (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 67-69
Development of an Omni-Directional Wall Coating Platform Using Thrust-Based Adhesion Mechanism at H-Canyon Exhaust Tunnel
Mackenson Telusma (Florida International Univ.), Jeff Natividad (Florida International Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida International Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida International Univ.)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 70-73
Experiment Design for a Computed Tomography Automation Architecture
Nicholas Hashem (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. of Texas, Austin), James Hunter (LANL), Michelle Espy (LANL)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 76-78
Control of a Robotic Manipulator for Collaborative Precision Insertion Tasks
Mark Jennings (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 79-82
Equipment Development for Processing Target Residual Material at SRS
Michael J. Dalmaso (Savannah River National Laboratory), Joel D. Jones (Savannah River National Laboratory), Bill Giddings (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 83-86
Arc Saw Segmentation of Nuclear Components
Thomas S. LaGuardia (Arc Saw Technologies), Richard E. Simoneau (Arc Saw Technologies)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 87-90
The Continuous Detection of Alpha Radiation Using Mobile Robotic Platform
Caleb Hatler (LANL), Alex von Sternberg (LANL), Brian O'Neil (LANL)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 92-94
EPRI Demonstration of an Autonomous Site Characterization/FSS Vehicle
Richard McGrath (EPRI), Richard Reid (EPRI)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 95-98
RAMM-TM for Detection of Gas Leakage from Canisters
Y. Y. Liu (ANL), H. Takeda (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 99-102
Multi-Agent-Based Wall-Climbing Robot System for Safety Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant
Young-woon Song (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology), Jungill Kang (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology), Taesik Kim (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology), Son-Cheol Yu (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 104-107
Development of an In-Water Light-Duty Robot for Use in the Decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants
Shinji Kawatsuma (National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College), Shigekazu Suzuki (National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 108-109
MATLAB-Based 3D Virtual Manipulator Simulator for Remote Dismantling of Nuclear Reactor
Hamza Khan (Pusan National Univ.), Jin Won Lee (Pusan National Univ.), Min Cheol Lee (Pusan National Univ.), Seokyoung Ahn (Pusan National Univ.), Suh Jeong (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials), Dae-Won Cho (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 110-113
Preliminary Study on Point Cloud-Based Object Pose Estimation in Robotic Nuclear Decommissioning Applications
Sungmoon Joo (KAERI), Hogeon Seo (KAERI)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 114-115
A Cooperative Unmanned Disaster Responding System at KAERI
Dongseok Ryu (KAERI), Youngsoo Choi (KAERI)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 116-117
A2I2: Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention in Nuclear Storage Ponds
Simon Watson (Univ. of Manchester), Gary Cross (Rovco), Peter Green (Univ. of Manchester), John Parsons (Thales UK), Peter Routledge (Forth Engineering), Nick Tudor (D-RisQ), Terry Wood (National Oceanographic Centre)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 120-123
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear (RAIN) Hub
Barry Lennox (Univ. of Manchester), Guy Burroughes (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 124-127
TORONE: Materials Characterisation Robot for Nuclear Inspection
Andrew West (Univ. of Manchester), Ioannis Tsitsimpelis (Lancaster Univ.), Paul Coffey (Univ. of Manchester), Michael Aspinall (Lancaster Univ.), Nick T. Smith (Univ. of Manchester), Philip A. Martin (Univ. of Manchester), Malcolm J. Joyce (Lancaster Univ.), Barry Lennox (Univ. of Manchester)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 128-131
Image Stitching and Illumination Correction for Metallic Multi-Purpose Canister Visual Inspection Data
Michael Devereux (Univ. of Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. of Strathclyde), Graeme West (Univ. of Strathclyde)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 132-135
HADRON: Hazard Aware Digitalization and Robotics in Nuclear and Other Domains
István Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Réka Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Tom-Robert Bryntesen (Institute for Energy Technology), Lucas Stephane (Institute for Energy Technology)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 138-141
ROS Messages for Nuclear Sensing
Andrew West (Univ. of Manchester), Alex Smith (Bristol Robotics Laboratory)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 142-145
Mixed-Reality Digital Twin Platform for Enhanced Remote Operation Based on Robot Operating System (ROS)
Young Soo Park (ANL), Jonathan Bayert (ANL), Sungmoon Joo (KAERI), JongHwan Lee (KAERI)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 146-149
Self-Exploration and Mapping for Indoor Robotic Applications
Adrian Abeyta (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Proceedings | Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 | Washington, DC, November 30-December 3, 2021 | Pages 150-152