Robots to be inducted in fuel fabrication for new N reactors

NUCLEAR-ROBOT

Chennai, Oct 12 (PTI) Hyderabad-based Nuclear Fuel
Complex (NFC) under the Department of Atomic Energy, has
decided to induct robots in the fuel fabrication procedure for
new nuclear power reactors which are huge in size, a top NFC
official said.
"We plan to introduce robots in the fuel fabrication
activities as the proposed reactors are big in size. Robots
will also be needed for precision machining," NFC Senior
Manager Meena Ravindran said here Tuesday.
Meena, who was speaking at the ongoing Asian Nuclear
Prospects 2010 (ANUP 2010), a conference on nuclear power in
Asia, said her department was getting ready to fabricate fuels
for different kinds of reactors- Light Water Reactors (LWR),
Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) and Fast Breeder
Reactors (FBR).
She said fuel fabrication facilities for imported LWRs
would also be set up after discussions with overseas fuel
suppliers.
"The imported LWRs are expected to start operating by
2016," she said. PTI SNR
MHM


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