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RBMK-1000 Lifespan Management and Development of Repair/Diagnostic Robotics

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Power units with an RBMK reactor have reached the stage of termination of operation and preparation for decommissioning. Having exceeded the assigned life of 30 years, as a result of aging of the graphite stack some state parameters are close to their maximum permissible value. Further operation required restoration work, which was made possible by the creation and implementation of special robotics. The evolution of the tasks in the management of the resource of RBMK reactors and their relationship with the development and implementation of robotics are described. It is noted that as RBMK power units are decommissioned the relevance of robotics will increase as the radioactive waste management activities expand.

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  1. Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET), Moscow, Russia

    V. D. Baldin, A. N. Biryukov, A. V. Kaplienko, A. P. Mikhal’chenko & A. V. Slobodchikov

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 129, No. 4, pp. 215–221, October, 2020.

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Baldin, V.D., Biryukov, A.N., Kaplienko, A.V. et al. RBMK-1000 Lifespan Management and Development of Repair/Diagnostic Robotics. At Energy 129, 214–221 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-021-00736-5

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