ASTM C1554-11
(Guide)Standard Guide for Materials Handling Equipment for Hot Cells
Standard Guide for Materials Handling Equipment for Hot Cells
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
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.
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.
This guide is intended to be generic and to apply to a wide range of types and configurations of materials handling equipment.
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.
This service imposes stringent requirements on the quality and the integrity of the equipment, as follows:
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.
Materials handling equipment should be capable of withstanding rigorous chemical cleaning and decontamination procedures.
Materials handling equipment should be designed and fabricated to remain dimensionally stable throughout its life cycle.
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 sufficiently loose fits where possible to aid in remote main...
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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 enginee...
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Designation: C1554 − 11
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.Anumber 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
design of equipment is intended only to alert designers and
nuclear and radioactive materials.The intent of this guide is to
engineers to those features, conditions, and procedures that
aidintheselectionanddesignofmaterialshandlingequipment
have been found necessary or highly desirable to the design,
for hot cells in order to minimize equipment failures and
selection, operation and maintenance of reliable materials
maximize the equipment utility.
handling equipment for the subject service conditions.
1.1.2 It is intended that this guide record the principles and
1.3.1.2 The guidance set forth results from discoveries of
caveatsthatexperiencehasshowntobeessentialtothedesign,
conditions, practices, features, or lack of features that were
fabrication, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and
foundtobesourcesofoperationalormaintenanceproblems,or
decontamination and decommissioning of materials handling
causes of failure.
equipment capable of meeting the stringent demands of
1.3.2 This standard does not supersede federal or state
operating, dependably and safely, in a hot cell environment
regulations, or both, or codes applicable to equipment under
where operator visibility is limited due to the radiation expo-
any conditions.
sure hazards.
1.3.3 Thisstandarddoesnotcoverdesignfeaturesofthehot
1.1.3 Thisguidemayapplytomaterialshandlingequipment
cell, for example, windows, drains, and shield plugs. This
in other radioactive remotely operated facilities such as suited
standarddoesnotcoverpneumaticorhydraulicsystems.Refer
entry repair areas and canyons, but does not apply to materials
to Guides C1533, C1217, andANS Design Guides for Radio-
handling equipment used in commercial power reactors.
active Material Handling Facilities & Equipment for informa-
1.1.4 This guide covers mechanical master-slave manipula-
tion and references to design features of the hot cell and other
tors and electro-mechanical manipulators, but does not cover
hot cell equipment.
electro-hydraulic manipulators.
1.3.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
1.2 Applicability:
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.2.1 This guide is intended to be applicable to equipment
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
used under one or more of the following conditions:
priate safety and health practices, and determine the applica-
1.2.1.1 The materials handled or processed constitute a
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
significant radiation hazard to man or to the environment.
1.2.1.2 The equipment will generally be used over a long-
2. Referenced Documents
term life cycle (for example, in excess of two years), but
2.1 Industry and National Consensus Standards—
equipment intended for use over a shorter life cycle is not
Nationally recognized industry and consensus standards appli-
excluded.
cable in whole or in part to the design, fabrication, and
1.2.1.3 The equipment can neither be accessed directly for
installation of equipment are referenced throughout this guide
purposes of operation or maintenance, nor can the equipment
and include, but are not limited to, the following:
be viewed directly, for example, without shielded viewing
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2.2 ASTM Standards:
windows, periscopes, or a video monitoring system.
C859Terminology Relating to Nuclear Materials
1.3 User Caveats:
C1217Guide for Design of Equipment for Processing
Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
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This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel
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Cycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.14 on Remote Systems. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2011. Published February 2011. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as C1554–03. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/C1554-11. the ASTM website.
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This document is not anASTM standard and is intended only to provide the user of anASTM standard an indication of what changes have been made to the previous version. Because
it may not be technically possible to adequately depict all changes accurately,ASTM recommends that users consult prior editions as appropriate. In all cases only the current version
of the standard as published by ASTM is to be considered the official document.
Designation:C1554–03 Designation:C1554–11
Standard Guide for
1
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.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. 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
equipmentcapableofmeetingthestringentdemandsofoperating,dependablyandsafely,inahotcellenvironmentwhereoperator
visibility is limited due to the radiation exposure hazards.
1.1.3 Thisguidemayapplytomaterialshandlingequipmentinotherradioactiveremotelyoperatedfacilitiessuchassuitedentry
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, e.g.,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 engineering skills, proven practices and experience. Its purpose is to provide
guidance.
1.3.1.1 The guidance set forth in this standard relating to design of equipment is intended only to alert designers and engineers
tothosefeatures,conditions,andproceduresthathavebeenfoundnecessaryorhighlydesirabletothedesign,selection,operation
and maintenance of reliable materials handling equipment for the subject service conditions.
1.3.1.2 The guidance set forth results from discoveries of conditions, practices, features, or lack of features that were found to
be sources of operational or maintenance problems, or causes of failure.
1.3.2 This standard does not supersede federal and/oror state regulations, or both, or codes applicable to equipment under any
conditions.
1.3.3 This standard does not cover design features of the hot cell, e.g.,for example, windows, drains, and shield plugs. This
standarddoesnotcoverpneumaticorhydraulicsystems.RefertoGuidesC1533,C1217,andANSDesignGuidesforRadioactive
Material Handling Facilities & Equipment for information and references to design features of the hot cell and other hot cell
equipment.
1.3.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 Industry and National Consensus Standards—Nationally recognized industry and consensus standards applicable in whole
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.14 on Remote Systems.
Current edition approved July 10, 2003. Published August 2003. DOI: 10.1520/C1554-03.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2011. Published February 2011. Originally approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as C1554–03. DOI:
10.1520/C1554-11.
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