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Drone pilots have successfully completed two flight firsts on the UK's Sellafield site which are expected to lead the way to increased safety of employees during decommissioning. Sellafield has now become the first UK nuclear site to employ a drone equipped with a radiation monitor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 05 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Drones-put-into-use-at-Sellafield-site
For the first time in over 60 years divers have entered Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage Pond. As they clear some of the most challenging spots to clean up, drones and robots are taking on an increasing share of hazardous work elsewhere at the site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Dive-team-enters-Sellafield-pond
The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by 2032 "AI will be driving safer, faster and better performance across our facilities and business functions, with established advisory systems and non-safety-critical automation".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sellafield-unveils-AI-strategy-to-accelerate-clean
Test flights of drones fitted with equipment to identify and measure the radiation being emitted from a plume source have been conducted at the Mol site of Belgium's Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN). Further tests flights are planned for later this year to prove a new, precise measurement technique.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 18 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Radiation-detection-drones-tested-at-Belgian-site
After leading the 14-member Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzia (ISAMZ), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi summarised the situation at the NPP sayng that the physical integrity of the plant had been violated.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporizhizhia-physical-integrity-violated-9977999
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says his organisation needs access to Europe's largest nuclear power plant for safety inspections and to help carry out necessary repairs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-says-IAEA-needs-to-have-access-to-Zaporozhe
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsflyability-launches-the-elios-2-rad-drone-for-nuclear-inspections-8989573
The development of remote monitoring tools is part of Rosatom’s Unified Digital Strategy, and the operators for implementation of these innovative systems on projects in the nuclear industry are ASE and Rosatom's OCKS. In December 2020, the final results were submitted following implementation of a pilot project for remote monitoring at the construction site of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh using digital and unmanned technologies. The pilot project, approved by Likhachev, sought to test remote monitoring technologies to obtain reliable and timely information on the progress of the construction project to assess completeness and quality, and to aid in making management decisions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-tests-different-methods-of-remote-monitoring-to-improve-npp-construction-8936738
The Roskhimzashchita holding of Russia’s state corporation Rostec on 7 July presented at the Innoprom-2021 exhibition the Shmel (Bumblebee) universal air gas analyser intended for installation on unmanned aerial vehicles. The online device can detect the presence of harmful substances in the air, measure background radiation and transmit the data to the online system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-develops-small-gas-analyser-for-use-on-drones-8879304
A new technology using drones is set to be deployed for the remote monitoring of radiation measurements at former uranium mining and processing areas in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with gamma spectrometers have been developed by a German consortium in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Drones-to-monitor-Central-Asian-uranium-legacy-sit