National Nuclear Laboratory NNL, UK
Background
NNL Windscale Laboratory design and manufacture remotely operated lifting equipment to enable irradiated components to be remotely transferred to different locations within a suite of shielded cells, at Sellafield
Challenge
- Highly accurate interfaces
- Simple robust design solution
- Fully remotely operated via master slave manipulators
Our proposal
Key technical data:
- Design of lifting equipment was operated in shielded caves only interface is by using MSMs
- Component imported via sealed flask entry port
- Size reduced components then transferred to other specialist analysis equipment located inside the cell using the ROLE
- Interfacing with COTs equipment
Customer benefits
- Pragmatic design for simple interfacing and operation substantially reduced cost of the project
- Excellent collaboration with NNL teams and operators
Results
Excellent customer feedback leading to significant additional work packages with NNL with requirements for their cave remotely operated equipment and fixtures.