核電廠用機器人的應用
RICA機器人
核電廠用機器人技術發展至今,其主要有下列的應用 [1~7]:
1.關鍵核設施的維護、除役及放射性廢棄物處理,如:對蒸汽產生器、反應爐壓力容器等的檢查、保養、維修,以及除役反應爐的封存、掩埋或拆卸,輻射廢棄物處理等作業。
2.核事故處理與救援,即利用移動式機器人,攜帶各式設備,進入事故現場,開展事故處理、調查與救援相關工作。
3.核電站安全性的全面監測,即利用機器人,依任務需求,攜帶各種先進感測器,對核電站內的核輻射強度、氫氣濃度、煙霧濃度、關鍵設備及管道的破損情況等進行監測,以即時發現問題。
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