Title :
Changing the RPS annunciators to improve the human machine interface (May 2009)
Author :
Velasco, Antonio E.
Author_Institution :
Australian Nucl. Sci. & Technol. Organ., Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This paper is to present the “Project Initiation” for a number of improvements to the OPAL Reactor Protection System (RPS). The proposed modification will result in: · an improvement to the human machine interface with the RPS · it will add new operating modes focused on testing, and set point changes. Included in the project, are more useful operating information from the final actuation devices and the status of specific power supplies.
Keywords :
fission reactor monitoring; fission reactor safety; human computer interaction; light water reactors; man-machine systems; nuclear engineering computing; radiation protection; OPAL Reactor Protection System; Project Initiation; RPS annunciators; human machine interface; operating modes; set point changes; Australia; Control systems; Fiber reinforced plastics; Humans; Inductors; Instruments; Neutrons; Power system protection; Safety; Uninterruptible power systems; 2oo3: Two-out-of-three; CD: Connection Diagrams; CERS: Containment Energy Removal System; CI: Containment Isolation.; CNS: Cold Neutron Source; CRAE: Control Rod Assembly Enable; CRD: Control Rod Drive.; ECC: Emergency Control Centre; FAL: Final Actuation Logic; FBD: Functional Block Diagrams; FD: Functional Diagrams; FFAL: First Final Actuation Logic; FRPS: First Reactor Protection System.; MCC: Main Control Centre; RPS: Reactor Protection System; SFAL: Second Final Actuation Logic; SRPS: Second Reactor Protection System; TD: Terminal Block Diagrams; TRIP1: Reactor shutdown inserting control rods; TRIP2: Reactor shutdown draining reflector vessel; UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503724
