Spot the dog has actually ended up being a routine function at Sellafield and a terrific mascot for the variety of robotic tools and developments that are changing the website’s clean-up.
But it’s not all picture opportunities and test trials – Spot has some major work to do in tidying up the website and assisting operators to avoid of damage’s method.
Sellafield Ltd just recently released our robotic canine into an active location at Sellafield for the very first time.
Teams at Sellafield interacted on a task to comprehend the advantages of utilizing Spot to examine and tidy active cells that would usually need employees to go into in air-fed protective matches.
Project supervisor Charlotte Brew said: “We started with demonstrations of its potential and six months later, we’re using it to accelerate high hazard reduction. This work wasn’t meant to start happening until the late 2020s but identifying Spot like this has brought it forward. Just one robot dog is making a massive difference.”
Operator Paul Lupton said: “It’s about us being secured of damage’s method. I do miss out on the effort however I’ve no problems about taking a seat in a safe environment to get it done!
“Before we would have 2 operators enter, and this would require approximately 7 other individuals, using up to 4 hours to get ready for an hour’s work. With Spot we do an hour, the battery goes out and we charge.
“Even just an entry to take a photograph would be a major job. Now we just use the dog. It’s all there inside the cell waiting for you now.”
Melanie Brownridge, NDA innovation and development director, said: “This is a terrific example of taking development all the method through to release and having the ability to really see the advantages being understood on our websites.
“This interesting innovation is assisting move our individuals far from damage, lowering our expenses substantially and might help us provide our objective years previously than prepared.
“We are also seeing the benefits across the NDA group as we share our experiences to overcome common challenges across multiple sites. Well done to the team for not only embracing innovation but making it business as usual – a great team effort.”
