Nuclear steam-generator tubesheet inspection system Foster Miller Inc

Foster-Miller%u2019s CECIL® articulated robots were developed in the late 1980s under contract to the Electric Power Research Institute, Consolidated Edison and Public Service Electric & Gas to provide nuclear environment robotic inspection and cleaning capability within the tube bundle of steam generators used in nuclear power plants.

Using a flexible lance, the teleoperated robot allows access to remote steam generator locations. It uses 10,000 psi water jets to remove hard and soft sludge deposits while the operator remotely controls the operation via video feedback. The robot is installed through an inspection handhole in the generator and moves throughout the lower region of the tube bundle.

CECIL® articulated robots provide nuclear environment robotic visual inspection tools, contaminant sampling and foreign object retrieval in addition to cleaning. All operations are controlled remotely. CECIL® robots are designed to be operated in restricted high radiation environments by personnel in protective clothing.

Systems have been delivered and are currently used in nuclear plants in Japan, Korea, France and Canada as well as in the United States. We team with Westinghouse to provide CECIL® robot services to domestic nuclear utilities.

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