The use of robotics and automation in nuclear decommissioning

22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Seward, Derek W ^a   Bakari, Mohamed J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; Decommissioning; Nuclear; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY; DOSE LEVELS; KEY ISSUES; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TIME-REDUCING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84862549051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2005/0003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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