In the SEZ Technopolis Moscow created a robot for the analysis of carbon-graphite reactors

Special Design and Technology Bureau of Applied Robotics (SKTB PR), a tenant of SEZ Technopolis Moscow have developed a mobile robotic complex for dismantling the graphite stack of carbon-graphite reactors as informed by Gennady Degtev, CEO of SEZ Technopolis Moscow. The complex consists of a mobile robot, a remote control and a magazine case with a special electric cutting tool. The development makes it possible to remotely carry out dismantling work on carbon-graphite reactors, which were previously widely used at nuclear power plants or industrial facilities, for example, in the manufacture of weapons. Reactors of this type are now being decommissioned. “The development of the resident of the SEZ Technopolis Moscow excludes the presence of people in the zone with increased radiation. The operator remotely controls the robot, and with the help of a video system, which is part of the complex, controls the work. The robot manipulator is capable of lifting and carrying up to 100 kg, which is sufficient to remove the graphite blocks. Since the end of last year, the development has been tested at the Experimental Demonstration Center of Carbon-Graphite Reactors”, said Gennady Degtev. SKTB PR has also created a special stand simulating the graphite stack and the main elements of the reactor's metal structures. The first tests of the robot were carried out at the stand and proved its functionality. In the future, SKTB PR will hand over the stand to the customer for operators to practice the most complicated dismantling operations and improve their skills with the help of a robot. SKTB PR actively cooperates with the nuclear industry. For example, in September, a robotic system created in SEZ Technopolis Moscow was sent to the Leningrad NPP for the repair of spent nuclear fuel storage pools of a new type of nuclear power plant. ---------------------- Press service of the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" Phone: +7 916 516-15-46 Mail: pr@technomoscow.ru [ mailto:pr@technomoscow.ru ] Subscribe to the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" in social networks, follow the main news of the SEZ in telegram-channel [ https://t.me/technopolismoscow ]  and receive all the most important news delivered to your mail in our weekly newsletter [ http://events.technomoscow.ru/subscribe/?utm_source=site_technomoscow ] .