The results of an investigation of an automated control and information transmission system by an underwater radio-controlled unmanned vehicle conducting radiation monitoring of the sea bottom in deep-water areas greater than 10 m are presented. The control is performed by a standard method using spectrometric, dosimetric equipment and an echo sounder located on the underwater vehicle. The construction of a communication channel with an operator located on shore is accomplished in two ways: in the water by transmitting information by means of ultrasound to a buffer device floating on the surface of the water area and in the atmosphere via a radio channel by relaying from the buffer device to the operator’s workstation on shore. Control of the underwater vehicle is accomplished in the reverse order.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 130, No. 6, pp. 338–344, June, 2021.
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Elokhin, A.P., Ulin, S.E. & Vasilenko, A.A. Method for Determining and Transmitting Data on Radioactive Contamination of the Sea-Bottom in Deep-Water Areas. At Energy 130, 360–366 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-022-00824-0
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