A former nuclear research establishment is due to be decommissioned. Robotlike machines are being created to roam the plant and do the jobs that no human can. They have been created in a virtual environment where life-size CAD models are put through rigorous operational tests. TM talks to Dounreay Site Restoration’s Jared Fraser.
Robots deconstructing a nuclear reactor. It may sound like a chapter from a science fiction novel but it is reality for the former UK centre of fast reactor research in Dounreay, Scotland. Engineers working for Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), the company responsible for decommissioning the plant, are breaking new ground in digital design, visualisation…
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