LongOps Research and Development programme

LongOps是一个为期4年的研发计划，汇集了三个核运营使用案例：英国退役、日本福岛第一核电站反应堆退役以及第一个远程操作聚变反应堆的设计。LongOps是由UKRI、NDA和东京电力公司(日本)平均资助的独特的国际合作。RACE将领导LongOps交付与NDA集团(由Sellafield Ltd领导)、东京电力公司、工业和学术界密切合作。这三个核心最终用户需要开发解决方案，在大型屏蔽空间内使用远程控制的细长机器人进行工作，这些空间包含危险物质。因此：长期操作-远程操作者。近年来，机器人硬件和软件已经发展到远程操作越来越可行和成本效益越来越高的地步。机器人技术的广泛应用有赖于从“亲力亲为”到“亲自操作”的有管理的转变。这一过程有赖于可靠的设备、具备适当资质和经验的运营商、组织基础设施和领导战略的可用性。其中许多关键主题将与机器人和人工智能协作(RAICO)进一步探索和开发，其中包括NDA、Sellafield、UKAEA的RACE、曼彻斯特大学和国家核实验室。将LongOps用例统一在一起的共同线索是，希望使用下一代数字双胞胎来为一系列核环境中的一系列任务制定战略、降低风险、提供培训和管理长期远程操作。LongOps数字双胞胎将是一组集成的软件工具，可以与真实世界进行交互，也可以模拟真实世界，以帮助远程操作。

LongOps is a 4 year programme of R&D that brings together three nuclear operations use cases:decommissioning in the UK, decommissioning of the Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors in Japan and thedesign of the first remotely operated fusion reactors. LongOps is a unique internationalcollaboration funded equally by UKRI, the NDA and TEPCO (Japan).RACE will lead LongOps delivery working closely with the NDA Group (led by Sellafield Ltd), TEPCO,industry and academia.The three nuclear end users have a need to develop solutions to conduct work over many decadesinside large, shielded spaces which contain hazardous material using remotely controlled ‘longreach’ slender robotics. Hence: LONG Term OPerationS - LONG Reach Manipulators.In recent years robotics hardware and software has progressed to the point where remoteoperations are increasingly feasible and cost effective. The widespread uptake of robotics isdependent on a managed transition from working ‘hands-on’ to ‘person-in-the-loop’. This processis dependent on the availability of reliable equipment, suitably qualified and experiencedoperators, organisational infrastructure and leadership strategy. A number of these key themes will be further explored and developed with the Robotics and AI Collaboration (RAICo), which includes NDA, Sellafield, UKAEA's RACE, University of Manchester and the National Nuclear Laboratory.The common thread that unites the LongOps use cases is an aspiration to use the Next Generation ofDigital Twin to develop strategy, decrease risk, deliver training and manage long term remoteoperations for a range of tasks in a range of nuclear environments. The LongOps Digital Twin willbe a collection of integrated software tools that enable interaction with either the real world or asimulation of the real world that is designed to assist remote operations.