PADUCAH — Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah site recently tested a robot pipe crawler designed to inspect pipes once used in uranium enrichment operations.
The DOE says the tests will help set the stage for future deactivation and remediation work at the former gaseous diffusion plant.
According to the DOE, the robot crawler carries a camera and a sodium iodide detector to find uranium deposits through process piping and equipment, providing a safe way for analysts to learn more about what the pipes contain without having to scan each section manually. The plan is to also use the crawler as part of the process of finding a safe and compliant way to dispose of process gas piping from the DOE site.
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