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

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

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;

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.2009.5503724

Filename

5503724