Application Of Advanced Hydraulic Cutting Tools For Russian Submarine Decommissioning

This paper presents the first planned deployment of hand-held hydraulically actuated cutting and shearing tools for use by the Russian Navy in managing solid radioactive wastes at their Northern Fleet shipyards and the challenges of implementing such technology in an Arctic environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dr Paul Krumrine
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.2711
http://www.ids2000.org/ids2000/e-pdf/e4krumri.pdf
Description
Summary:This paper presents the first planned deployment of hand-held hydraulically actuated cutting and shearing tools for use by the Russian Navy in managing solid radioactive wastes at their Northern Fleet shipyards and the challenges of implementing such technology in an Arctic environment.