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TotesAThrowAway
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TotesAThrowAway
11y ago
More like this minus the electronics:- http://www.lasersnake.co.uk/images/galleries/2b8q6hcombined-... Your idea would be perfect if we were just doing an inspection, however we have other work we will need to do
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TotesAThrowAway
11y ago
The alternative and what is most commonly used for control, in the nuclear industry, is a very long 'umbilical' (wire with loads of cores). A lot of nuclear providers are against people using wireless as if you lose connectivity a
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11y ago
^that.
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TotesAThrowAway
11y ago
That should read 'was happening' sorry. I was in a rush and didn't proof read properly.
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11y ago
PART 2 So, ROVs. We probably aren't going to use a ROV for our solution as it doesn't suit and they're a pain in the arse quite frankly. To start, I'll address the issue with the 'wires' failing. An American co
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TotesAThrowAway
11y ago
The quarter rig (imagine cutting a 90 degree cross section out of the reactor and plonking it into a rig hall) we made was for a remote solution we did for EDF for some of the nuclear fleet in the UK. As much as it would have been fun to ma
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TotesAThrowAway
11y ago
I should probably also mention there's 6 reactors on site, 4, 5 and 6 were relatively unharmed by the tsunami and 5 and 6 could actually be turned back on. However for obvious reasons they have been decommissioned and wont be turned on
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11y ago
Friend of BillinghamJ here. We do build mock facilities and we have recently started working on the Fukushima Daiichi inspections, and there is only so much I can actually say but I'll share what I can. I'll explain what caused th