Two retrieval technologies, one of which uses robot-deployed end effectors, will be demonstrated on the first single-shell tank (SST) waste to be retrieved at the Hanford Site. A significant impediment to the success of this technology in completing the Hanford retrieval mission is the presence of unique tank contents called in-tank hardware (ITH). In-tank hardware includes installed and discarded equipment and various other materials introduced into the tank. This paper identifies those items of ITH that will most influence retrieval operations in the arm-based demonstration project and in follow-on tank operations within the SST farms.


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    Title :

    Identification of single-shell tank in-tank hardware obstructions to retrieval at Hanford Site Tank Farms


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    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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