Technology Name: Pipe Crawler Internal Piping Characterization System

Demonstration Name:Surveys of Piping with internal diameters from 3in | Demonstrated on: 12/1/1996
Demonstration Site: Chicago Pile-5 Reactor

Demo Objective

Establish that the Pipe Crawler technology could perform radiological surveys of piping systems to allow the system to be released without restrictions or reused for clean application Perform radiological characterization and/or free leases surveys of piping system

Demo Results

The Pipe Crawler successfully demonstrated its ability to characterize radioactive contamination above background levels in buried and embedded pipes and produce repeatable characterization results. This offers the potential for significant cost savings over the baseline approach to excavate, dismantle, and dispose of piping.

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Pipe Crawler

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