Meeting the growing needs of the nuclear back-end requires the availability of a dedicated workforce as well as the optimisation of the tasks and schedules due to competing projects and sites. The adoption of robotics and remote systems (RRS) could be a significant support by minimising the human exposure and risks associated with back-end activities, but also by allowing new applications which could improve back-end operations. 

In order to support this adoption, the Expert Group on the Application of Robotics and Remote Systems in the Nuclear Back-end (EGRRS) is organising a series of webinars to share lessons learnt with a wider audience. 

The first part of the series is dedicated to complex sites.

When: 27 September 2024, 10:00-12:00 CEST

Topics: 

• Overview of robotic work and its related failures during practical deployments at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
  Prof Hajime Asama, University of Tokyo
• Experiences and lessons learned from the decontamination robotics in Unit 1 and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
  Prof Shigekazu Suzuki, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College
• Troubles and failures based on experience of in-primary-containment-vessel surveillance robots
  Dr Satoshi Okada, GE-Hitachi/IRID

Each presentation is planned to be 30 minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session.

When: 6 December 2024, 11:00-12:30 CET

Topics: 

• More details to come soon

_{Photo credits: NRC, NRC Chair Christopher Hanson at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant}