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2019-10-29 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | News story Robots on the rise and heading for CumbriaA range of innovative robotic systems will be on display at an event in Cumbria next month as an £8.5 million competition moves to the next stage. ![]() The showcase event, at Energus in Workington on 12 November, will feature the 5 projects that have been under way for 2 years as part of the Integrated Innovation in Nuclear Decommissioning competition, which is aimed at finding new ways to tackle some of Sellafield’s toughest radioactive challenges. The initiative is funded jointly by the NDA, government agency Innovate UK and BEIS, while Sellafield is providing facilities for potentially demonstrating up to two of the integrated solutions. These solutions may be deployed to help decommission the site’s reprocessing plants, where radioactivity levels are so high that new ways to carry out the work remotely will be needed. Combining robotics with virtual reality, 3D imaging, autonomous navigation and more, the new scaleable and transferable solutions will be required to access spaces that have been sealed for years. Once inside, they will need to characterise the challenge, including measuring and visualising the radioactivity, before cutting up the contents (including large vessels and many miles of pipework), segregating waste, then removing it for treatment and safe storage. One of the key challenges has been to develop a smooth interaction between all the different component parts to achieve an integrated approach. NDA Technology and Innovation Director Melanie Brownridge said:
All projects are led by private-sector consortia and include large corporations, academic institutions and small businesses, some of which are new to the nuclear sector. Demonstrations in a non-radioactive environment have already taken place. Anyone interested in attending the event can register here. Melanie said:
She added that the winner or winners will be announced shortly after the event. Read more about the competitionFascinating to see projects progress from the drawing board to reality
Published 29 October 2019
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来源平台 | GOV.UK - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/216259 |
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