Submersible Remotely Operated Vehicles for Radiation Monitoring

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Applying a mix of appropriate technologies to tackle a complex challenge, we’ve made radiation monitoring of storage ponds safer and more accurate by using specially adapted remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

Two jacobs employees inspecting submersible vehicle

In an innovative project for a nuclear site, we devised a way to speed up the sampling process and minimize human intervention, while still obtaining the highest quality results.

A submersible ROV collects samples of water before docking at a custom-built monitoring station floating at the side of the pond, where the sample is analyzed underwater by a gamma radiation spectrometer. This enables real time readings, with sampling and monitoring performed remotely.