S. Jimenez D. Bookless R. Nath W.J. Leong
In order to reach commercially-relevant availability future fusion power plants must have highly efficient maintenance systems. On the other hand, as radiation levels increase so too will the number of maintenance tasks that must be performed without human access. To meet these conflicting constraints remote maintenance systems must significantly…
Preprint PublishedSamuel Jimenez Guy Burroughes
The extreme environmental conditions inside future nuclear fusion power plants will mean that maintenance activities must be performed without human access. Current teleoperation paradigms do not enable sufficiently fast maintenance cycles, and automation is seen as a potential solution. Transitioning to an automated maintenance scheme will requ…
PreprintG. Bongiovì S. Grazioso S. Jimenez
Systems Engineering (SE) allows addressing the design of complex systems from a holistic standpoint, starting from the early stage of development until the end of its lifetime. Using a SE approach, all the stakeholders’ needs can be considered, and different design alternatives can be proposed, taking into account requirements coming from all the…
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