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The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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Demolition work continues near former Hanford processing facility
Workers with the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently demolished the Reduction Oxidation Plant, one of five former plutonium production facilities at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
M. Smith, Y. Zhai, G. Loesser, W. Wang, V. Udintsev, T. Giacomin, A. Khodak, D. Johnson, R. Feder, J. Klabacha,
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 68 | Number 2 | September 2015 | Pages 407-411
Technical Paper | Proceedings of TOFE-2014 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-990
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The Diagnostic First Walls (DFWs) were designed to handle the plasma nuclear and radiant heating along with electro-magnetic loading induced from plasma disruptions. The DFWs also provide custom viewing apertures for the diagnostics within. Consequently, the DFWs contain numerous complex water cooling channels and are designed per ITER SDC-IC for design by analysis.
This paper presents the analyses of the Upper Port DFWs proceeding to a final design review. The finite element analyses (FEAs) performed include neutronics, radiative heating, coupled fluid dynamics and heat transfer, and static and transient structural analysis using the combined multi-physics load conditions. Static structural FEAs performed account for the dynamic amplification effects of the transient load. A detailed bolt analysis was also performed per the ITER SDC-IC bolt evaluation based on reaction loads obtained from the mechanical simulations.