Computer based systems for Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor

Author

Sridhar, N. ; Krishnakumar, B. ; Sambasivan, S. Ilango

Author_Institution

Electron. & Instrum. Div., Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Res., Kalpakkam, India

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Computer based Instrumentation & Control (I&C) systems are extensively deployed in the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), which is under construction at Kalpakkam. They are employed in safety critical and safety related systems. The hardware and software for these systems have been designed in accordance with Atomic Energy Regulatory board (AERB) safety guides. Further, the hardware designed and developed for PFBR has been already deployed in Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) at Kalpakkam as part of refurbishment of aging Computerised Data Processing System (CDPS) based on Unipower-30 computer system. The operational performance feedback of the refurbished CDPS system is excellent.

Keywords

fission reactor safety; high energy physics instrumentation computing; liquid metal fast breeder reactors; nuclear criticality safety; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear instrumentation; AERB safety guides; Atomic Energy Regulatory board; Fast Breeder Test Reactor; Kalpakkam; Unipower-30 computer system; computer based Instrumentation & control systems; computerised data processing system; prototype fast breeder reactor; safety critical systems; Aging; Control systems; Hardware; Inductors; Instruments; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software safety; Software systems; System testing; IEC61000; IS9000; MIL-STD-217F; PLD; TMR; VME;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503832

Filename

5503832