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Video
Inspection System
for Horizontal Tanks
(Tech ID 2940)
 Several
DOE sites need to deploy sensor systems into tanks or tank vaults for
inspections, integrity assessments, and other waste and tank characterization
measurements. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, most inactive tanks will
have been emptied and consolidated at the Melton Valley Storage Tanks
(MVST) by the end of CY 2000. Prior to handing the MVST over to a privatization
vendor for waste processing and transport to a waste handling and packaging
plant, DOE must inspect the MVST tank internal conditions and assess sludge
volumes. The only access to the tanks is a three-inch sampling port and
there are vertical pipes down the centerline of the tanks that obstruct
the view. Therefore, a camera system will be developed that fits through
a three-inch port, has lights, and sufficient articulation to view around
obstructions.
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