Deuel, Jake | Engineering Papers

DOE OSTI2018

Panel reports session

This section brings together the reports of the 31 panel sessions listed below: - Avoiding the Human Capital Cliff in the DOE (PS22); - Implementing Technically-Based Cleanup; US DOE Balancing Regulatory and Fiscal Complexity (PS24); - United Kingdom - Remediation of Sellafield Legacy Ponds and Silos (PS25); - Aligning Decision-Making to Deliver Timely Results in Large Clean-up Programs (PS38); - Transition to Government Owned-Contractor Operated Site at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (PS39); - Emerging Middle East Nuclear States' Status and Plans (PS40); - NPP Panel on Waste Management (PS41); - Robotics - International Innovations in Robotic Decommissioning Technology (PS43); - Fukushima Panel (1/2): Japan Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Update (PS54); - Fukushima Panel (2/2): Update on the Revitalization of Fukushima and the Surrounding Area (PS55); - US DOE LLW On-Site Disposal: LLW Disposal Facility Federal Review Group Review Process (PS56); - Challenges in DOE HLW Tank Management: Facility Start-up and Waste Disposition (PS57); - Waste Management Planning for Utility Small Modular Reactors (PS58); - US Nuclear Power Plant Waste Management - LLW Disposal Issues (PS59); - DOE-EM Robotics and Emerging Technologies Road-map (4/8) (PS60); - Graduating Students and New Scientists and Engineers - Wants and Needs - Are Companies Even Listening? (PS63); - U.S. Nuclear Robotics: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (5/8) (PS74); - US DOE Mixed Waste: Proposals for Dealing with Problematic Waste Streams and Policy Changes (PS76); - Current and Emerging US NRC LLW Regulatory Topics (PS77); - Agency Perspectives (US and International) on the Use of Risk and Dose Assessment Tools (PS80); - Progress on Deep Repository Programs Around the World (PS81); - US DOE Procurement and Contracting Opportunities (PS82); - Collaboration across Borders to Deliver Cleanup and Decommissioning Challenges (PS93a); - DOE Mission Success through Application of Practices and Solutions (PS94); - Challenges in Cask Certification - International Perspectives (PS96); - Robotics: Leveraging Innovations in Science and Technology to Benefit Safety Performance (PS98); - DOE Panel: DOE EM Featured Office - Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PS109); - Robotics: Lessons Learned from Industrial Robotics Deployment that can be Applied to the Nuclear Field (PS110a); - Roundtable: DOE Radioactive Management - Energy Facility Contractors Group - Waste Management Working Group (EFCOG WMWG) (PS118); - Thursday Topical Session 'Management of Used Nuclear Fuel: Will the United States Reengage and Align with International Efforts' (PS124); - Remotely Operated Vehicles for Emergency, Disaster, and Operational Upset Response (PS125)

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DOE OSTI2018

Mine Rescue Robotics: Gemini-Scout - 18507

Gemini Scout is a mine rescue vehicle developed by Sandia National Laboratories to help locate and communicate with trapped miners following an accident. In a mining accident, first responders are working against a myriad of dangers to assess the situation and rescue trapped miners. The robot can enter potentially dangerous situations ahead of rescuers to evaluate hazardous environments and help them determine how operations should proceed. The Gemini Scout mitigates many of the potential dangers and allows exploration and assessment without further endangering individuals. The robotic vehicle can operate in hostile, debris strewn, dark, muddy, high temperature, and explosive environments. It has extreme ground mobility including operation in up to 18 inches of water and ability to traverse large rubble piles and cross railroad tracks. The vehicle provides gas and temperature sensing as well as pan, tilt, zoom color and thermal camera video streaming back to an operator in a safe zone. The extreme mobility of the vehicle and the modularity of the platform allowing easy integration of sensors are directly applicable to many needs within Waste Management. The development of Gemini Scout was funded by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the primary customer and certification entity was Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Lessons-learned during development and steps leading to certification are also applicable to the development of systems for unique Waste Management sites. (authors)

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