ASTM C1554-18(2023)
(Guide)Standard Guide for Materials Handling Equipment for Hot Cells
Standard Guide for Materials Handling Equipment for Hot Cells
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 Materials handling equipment operability and long-term integrity are concerns that originate during the design and fabrication sequences. Such concerns are most efficiently addressed during one or the other of these stages. Equipment operability and integrity can be compromised during handling and installation sequences. For this reason, the subject equipment should be handled and installed under closely controlled and supervised conditions.
4.2 This guide is intended as a supplement to other standards (Section 2, Referenced Documents), and to federal and state regulations, codes, and criteria applicable to the design of equipment intended for this use.
4.3 This guide is intended to be generic and to apply to a wide range of types and configurations of materials handling equipment.
4.4 The term materials handling equipment is used herein in a generic sense. It includes manipulators, cranes, carts or bogies, and special equipment for handling tools and material in hot cells.
4.5 This service imposes stringent requirements on the quality and the integrity of the equipment, as follows:
4.5.1 Boots and similar protective covers should not restrict movement of the equipment, should be properly sealed to the equipment and should withstand the radiation, cell atmosphere, dust, cell temperatures, chemical exposures, and cleaning and decontamination reagents, and also resist snags and tearing.
4.5.2 Materials handling equipment should be capable of withstanding rigorous chemical cleaning and decontamination procedures.
4.5.3 Materials handling equipment should be designed and fabricated to remain dimensionally stable throughout its life cycle.
4.5.4 Attention to fabrication tolerances is necessary to allow the proper fit-up between components for the proper installation and mounting of materials handling equipment in hot cells, for example, when parts or components are being replaced. Fabrication tolerances should be controlled to provide sufficie...
SCOPE
1.1 Intent:
1.1.1 This guide covers materials handling equipment used in hot cells (shielded cells) for the processing and handling of nuclear and radioactive materials. The intent of this guide is to aid in the selection and design of materials handling equipment for hot cells in order to minimize equipment failures and maximize the equipment utility.
1.1.2 It is intended that this guide record the principles and caveats that experience has shown to be essential to the design, fabrication, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and decontamination and decommissioning of materials handling equipment capable of meeting the stringent demands of operating, dependably and safely, in a hot cell environment where operator visibility is limited due to the radiation exposure hazards.
1.1.3 This guide may apply to materials handling equipment in other radioactive remotely operated facilities such as suited entry repair areas and canyons, but does not apply to materials handling equipment used in commercial power reactors.
1.1.4 This guide covers mechanical master-slave manipulators and electro-mechanical manipulators, but does not cover electro-hydraulic manipulators.
1.2 Applicability:
1.2.1 This guide is intended to be applicable to equipment used under one or more of the following conditions:
1.2.1.1 The materials handled or processed constitute a significant radiation hazard to man or to the environment.
1.2.1.2 The equipment will generally be used over a long-term life cycle (for example, in excess of two years), but equipment intended for use over a shorter life cycle is not excluded.
1.2.1.3 The equipment can neither be accessed directly for purposes of operation or maintenance, nor can the equipment be viewed directly, for example, without shielded viewing windows, periscopes, or a video monitoring system.
1.3 User Caveats:
1.3.1 This standard is not a substitute for applied engin...
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: C1554 − 18 (Reapproved 2023)
Standard Guide for
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Materials Handling Equipment for Hot Cells
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1554; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.3.1 This standard is not a substitute for applied engineer-
ing skills, proven practices and experience. Its purpose is to
1.1 Intent:
provide guidance.
1.1.1 This guide covers materials handling equipment used
1.3.1.1 The guidance set forth in this standard relating to
in hot cells (shielded cells) for the processing and handling of
nuclear and radioactive materials. The intent of this guide is to design of equipment is intended only to alert designers and
aid in the selection and design of materials handling equipment engineers to those features, conditions, and procedures that
for hot cells in order to minimize equipment failures and
have been found necessary or highly desirable to the design,
maximize the equipment utility.
selection, operation and maintenance of reliable materials
1.1.2 It is intended that this guide record the principles and
handling equipment for the subject service conditions.
caveats that experience has shown to be essential to the design,
1.3.1.2 The guidance set forth results from discoveries of
fabrication, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and
conditions, practices, features, or lack of features that were
decontamination and decommissioning of materials handling
found to be sources of operational or maintenance problems, or
equipment capable of meeting the stringent demands of
causes of failure.
operating, dependably and safely, in a hot cell environment
1.3.2 This standard does not supersede federal or state
where operator visibility is limited due to the radiation expo-
regulations, or both, or codes applicable to equipment under
sure hazards.
any conditions.
1.1.3 This guide may apply to materials handling equipment
in other radioactive remotely operated facilities such as suited 1.3.3 This standard does not cover design features of the hot
entry repair areas and canyons, but does not apply to materials
cell, for example, windows, drains, and shield plugs. This
handling equipment used in commercial power reactors. standard does not cover pneumatic or hydraulic systems. Refer
1.1.4 This guide covers mechanical master-slave manipula-
to Guides C1533, C1217, and ANS Design Guides for Radio-
tors and electro-mechanical manipulators, but does not cover
active Material Handling Facilities & Equipment for informa-
electro-hydraulic manipulators.
tion and references to design features of the hot cell and other
hot cell equipment.
1.2 Applicability:
1.2.1 This guide is intended to be applicable to equipment
1.3.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
used under one or more of the following conditions:
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.2.1.1 The materials handled or processed constitute a
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
significant radiation hazard to man or to the environment.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices, and deter-
1.2.1.2 The equipment will generally be used over a long-
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
term life cycle (for example, in excess of two years), but
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
equipment intended for use over a shorter life cycle is not
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
excluded.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
1.2.1.3 The equipment can neither be accessed directly for
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
purposes of operation or maintenance, nor can the equipment
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
be viewed directly, for example, without shielded viewing
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
windows, periscopes, or a video monitoring system.
1.3 User Caveats:
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 Industry and National Consensus Standards—
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Nationally recognized industry and consensus standards appli-
Cycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.14 on Remote Systems.
cable in whole or in part to the design, fabrication, and
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2023. Published February 2023. Originally
installation of equipment are referenced throughou
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