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High quality data about nuclear environments is essential to accurately plan for dismantling and decommissioning, as well as monitoring and maintaining sites. The Remote Inspection Working Group (RIWG) focuses on developing robotic and AI technology for both the characterisation of unknown nuclear environments, and change or anomaly detection of previously characterised environments. Regular testing and feedback from industrial partners is helping the working group shape their solution for remote inspection. KEY OUTPUTS • Integrated RAIN outputs with state-of- the-art components to create the RAIN Remote Inspection demonstrator. • Requirements for demonstrator refined during meetings between industry partners and RAIN researchers. • RIWG hackathons in Bristol and Oxford used to integrate components. • First version tested summer 2019 in Bristol, completing a visual and gamma inspection of a NORM source from a stationary platform. • Subsequent developments led to inspection from a mobile, autonomous platform, with trials in Oxford. • Most recently, inspections carried out in a UK waste drum store. FUTURE PROGRESS We will continue building collaborative relationships with challenge owners. In particular, we are seeking further inspection sites or challenges that could be addressed using this platform and capability. Research priorities include integrating information from 3D data sources and further sensor types, and developing tools for anomaly and change detection of previously inspected sites. WORKING GROUPS REMOTE INSPECTION Lead: Nick Hawes, University of Oxford 20