Towards enhancement of test facilities for supporting nuclear decommissioning by remote technology

Abstract

This paper describes the test facilities and experimental environments for supporting the decommissioning of the nuclear facilities, especially Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by remote operation. Naraha Remote Technology Development Center of Japan Atomic Energy Agency is an institution for such purpose. Mock-up staircase, robot testing pool and motion capture arena are already installed and full service and support began from April, 2016. We are also designing and developing some experimental environment for remotely operated robots for nuclear decommissioning. In this paper, we describe the current status and development of test facilities of Naraha Remote Technology Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency.