Bob Oldrieve using manipulator arms
Bob Oldrieve, a hot laboratory supervisor, uses manipulator arms to inspect radioactive materials within a hot cell. The pliers-type "hand" is visible inside the window. Operators became so skillful in operatin... More
View from inside the hot laboratory
View from inside a hot laboratory looking out. The manipulator arm is in the foreground; the engineer behind the glass, Dan Gardner, is operating it. A fifty-two inch oil-filled glass window protected the opera... More
Hot laboratory safe work area. NASA public domain image colelction.
The hot laboratory's safe work area. Operators are using manipulator arms to work with irradiated experiments in the cells. The hot lab also contained an office, manipulator repair shop, and a decontamination r... More
View into hot laboratory. NASA public domain image colelction.
View into a hot laboratory. Technician Dan Gardner examines irradiated materials using remotely controlled manipulator arms from behind protective walls and shielded windows...Image # : CS-22201
Representative explaining model of reactor
A Plum Brook representative explains the Plum Brook Reactor Facility to high school students. This model of the reactor building and the hot laboratory was intricately designed, down to the smallest detail mova... More
Senior Chief Machinist's Mate Christopher McGilvray zip-ties a shackle...
Pacific Ocean (Apr. 26, 2004) Senior Chief Machinist's Mate Christopher McGilvray zip-ties a shackle to one of the manipulator arms on the "Super Scorpio" remote operated vehicle (ROV) aboard the special missio... More