Webinar series on Robotics and Remote Systems for the Nuclear Back-end: Lessons Learnt from Robotics Implementation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

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 webinar in the series featured the following presentations:

  • 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

Presentations are available for download.  

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