保全遺産第３号 原子力設備の検査用水中遊泳ビークル
概要
Underwater inspection vehicles for nuclear power plants were selected as the third maintenance heritage. Hitachi- GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation have been working on miniaturization and weight reduction of vehicles for many years, and enabling visual inspection of narrow space and bottom of the nuclear reactors, which were not accessible with the conventional hanging cameras. This article describes the developed vehicles by each company and their contribution to maintenance technologies.
