Advances in technology and innovative new solutions are reshaping how firms and their service providers are thinking about even the most complex nuclear waste challenges they face. Increasingly, the question is not if technology should be deployed in a specific circumstance; rather, it’s how can the latest technology be utilised to increase efficiency, reduce the lifetime costs associated with addressing a particular waste challenge, and increase worker safety? There are many choices out there - but how do you know which will deliver the best result?

The ongoing cleanup of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site is a good example of how constantly evolving technology is driving significant change in the way operators are thinking about significant hazardous waste projects. Specifically, an ongoing challenge has been to investigate the Primary Containment Vessel at Fukushima reactor number 2 so that damaged fuel and other debris can eventually be removed. The challenges are immense: the environment is highly contaminated, doesn’t permit human access, and is hard to navigate.

To tackle this challenge Veolia Nuclear Solutions has called on its technology expertise to design a unique and complex robotic system that can be stored in a restrictive volume, deployed through a long and narrow aperture and navigate the unknown obstructed environment of the stricken nuclear reactor. 

Join us for this webinar VNS where will share how they faced this challenge, lift the lid on some of the obstacles that had to be overcome and demonstrate how, what started as a £10k research project, ended up as a multi-million pound state of the art robotic system. It will explore how some of the key supporting technologies and tools have helped to de-risk the project and what learnings have been instrumental in driving innovative thinking and next generation solutions for the nuclear sector. 

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Key Learning Objectives:

• Learn about which technologies are helping to overcome decommissioning challenges in the nuclear sector.
• Gain insight into some of the challenges faced in the ongoing cleanup of Fukushima and the innovative solutions being deployed to overcome them.
• Learn about how new technology and methodology was used to help design bespoke systems and plan remote operations where no human can go.