Development of Remotely Operated Machines (ROM) for elimination of failure effects including radioactive waste handling.

The ROM system includes:
- remotely operated machines;
- system control hardware;
- ROM operation support hardware;
- ROM transportation support hardware;
- technical systems and general industry equipment.

These machines were designed for the ROM system:

RECONNAISSANCE MACHINE

DUST SUCTION MACHINE

DRILLING AND EXPLOSION/THRUST DESTRUCTION MACHINE

MECHANICAL CUTTING MACHINE

CENTRAL CONTROL BOARD

LASER (PLASMA) CUTTING MACHINE

DRY CARGO TRANSPORTATION MACHINE
BULLDOZER

TRANSPORTATION/LOADING
MACHINE

MULTIFUNCTIONAL HEADING MACHINE,
MOVABLE COMMUNICATION POST
WATER DRAINING/ DUST SUPPRESSION/ FIRE EXTINGUISHING MACHINE

Type of mounting: wheel mounting with electromechanical drive in the main reconnaissance machine, crawler mounting with electrohydraulic and electromechanical drives in other machines.
Type of control: remote control via a cable duct with technical vision aids.
In 1997 an experimental heading machine (see photo below) was built with a set of integral implements (hydrohammer, twojaw and multijaw grabs, shovel bucket) to verify some of technical solutions embodied in the ROM design. Integrated tests and field tests demonstrated functionability of this class of machines.

While working on the investment project, it is planned to design any machine included in the ROM system, issue design and operational documentation for an experimental machine, prepare related production facilities, produce the ROM, conduct plant, integrated and field tests, based on the test data update design and operational documentation, prepare the production facilities and documentation for serial production .

The ROM system was initially designed for under-reactor rooms in Chernobyl power plant, Block 4. Some machines or groups of machines may be widely used while decommissioning of power plants and other activities related to radioactive waste handling as well as operations in any hazardous environment with restricted personnel access.

The machines are designed by customer's request for any emergency condition. Yuzhnoye-designed machines cost three of four times less than analogous foreign hardware.
E.g. it is required to spend 1.5 million US dollars within two years to design reconnaissance machines (main and auxiliary). The same amount will be required for development of the dust suction and dust suppression machines. The design price of other machines is between 200,000 and 750,000 US dollars depending on their complexity. Design of all ROM modifications would require approximately 15 million US dollars.