Integrated I&C upgrade plant demonstration status [nuclear plants]

Author

Wilkinson, C. Dan

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

25-31 Oct 1992

Firstpage

719

Abstract

Several utilities are working with EPRI (The Electric Power Research Institute) to develop long range, integrated I&C (instrumentation and control) upgrade strategies and plans for nuclear plants. The background and status of these joint utility/EPRI projects is presented. The overall I&C upgrade process that is emerging is depicted. After the objectives and goals are established, overall requirements, the architecture plan, and the system evaluation process are prepared for a specific plant. The remaining part of the process is then used repetitively to evaluate and implement I&C upgrades in an integrated manner. This provides a process for accomplishing continuous incremental improvement to meet plant goals and objectives

Keywords

fission reactor instrumentation; nuclear power stations; power station computer control; EPRI; Electric Power Research Institute; instrumentation and control; nuclear plants; upgrade; Computer architecture; Costs; Guidelines; Instruments; Modems; Personnel; Power generation; Power system reliability; Process planning; Safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0884-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301407

Filename

301407