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The DEMO Oriented Neutrons Source (DONES) consists of complex systems and massive components that need to be on site assembled and maintained. For several of them it is required to perform maintenance, inspection and monitoring tasks over many years in a hostile environment and in efficient, safe and reliable manner. The maintenance of DONES’ systems and components, located mainly in the Test Systems (TS), in the Lithium Systems (LS) and in the Accelerator Systems (AS), is classified as a remote handling (RH) Class 1st activity and as such is considered a crucial and essential activity whose success will strictly depend on the DONES RH capability. According to this, a Remote Handling Systems (RHS) for DONES, which comprises the whole set of Remote Handling Equipment (RHE) and tooling for the execution of maintenance tasks, has been designed. A wide range of technologies is involved: special cranes, manipulator arms, lift interface frames, special cameras, control systems and virtual reality.
In this paper an overview on the design of the main robotic systems and tooling of the RHS of DONES, including design requirements, functions and maintenance tasks to be performed, is given.
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission
