Application of modern technical systems for automation of radioactive waste sorting process

Igor Yu. Dalyaev
PhD in Technical Sciences, Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC), Chief Designer for Extreme Robotics and Automation, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ORCID: 0000-0003-0494-065X, ResearcherID: E-1650-2014

Alexander A. Truts
RTC, Deputy Chief Designer for Robotics and Robotics Industry, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ORCID: 0000-0003-0077-5722

Andrey N. Belozub
RTC, Leading Engineer, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alexander A. Zherebtcov
PhD in Technical Sciences, JSC Proryv, Deputy Director - Director of the Department of Radiochemistry, 2/8-7, ul. Malaya Krasnoselskaya, Moscow, 107140, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ORCID: 0000-0002-8203-5973

Received October 19, 2022

Abstract
The paper describes the technical design and composition of a robotic radioactive waste (RW) sorting and certification unit, which combines a technical vision system (TVS) to determine the position of RW fragments and assess their morphology, detection units to determine the radionuclide composition and a manipulation system for moving and sorting the RW fragments themselves into containers in accordance with the parameters measurements. Such an approach will allow sorting of RW by the method of their subsequent processing, as well as reduce the total cost of subsequent disposal of RW by reducing the total waste class.

Key words
Sorting unit, manipulation system, technical vision system, RW, RW handling.

Acknowledgements
The work was carried out within the framework of the State task for 2022 No. 075-01623-22-01 «Research of software and hardware methods for the safe and efficient sorting of radioactive waste by morphology and activity» (FNRG-2022-0014, registration number 1021051302488-7 -2.2.2;2.3.5).

DOI
10.31776/RTCJ.11208

Bibliographic description
Dalyaev, I.Yu., Truts, A.A., Belozub, A.N. and Zherebtcov, A.A. (2023). Application of modern technical systems for automation of radioactive waste sorting process. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 11(2), pp. 147-152.

UDC identifier:
621.039:621.865.8:004.93'1

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