10 CFR 830 Major Modification Determination for Advanced Test Reactor RDAS and LPCIS Replacement

David E. Korns

关键词: COMPUTERS;    CONSOLES;    CONTROL ROOMS;    DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS;    DATA ANALYSIS;    DESIGN;    EVALUATION;    FUNCTIONALS;    MODIFICATIONS;    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;    PRODUCTION;    REACTOR OPERATORS;    SAFETY;    SAFETY ANALYSIS;    TEST REACTORS;    TRAINING Lobe Power Calculation and Indication System;    Major Modification;    Reactor Data Acquisition System;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1042386
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-12-25681
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1042386
Others  :  TRN: US1202863

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The replacement of the ATR Control Complex's obsolete computer based Reactor Data Acquisition System (RDAS) and its safety-related Lobe Power Calculation and Indication System (LPCIS) software application is vitally important to ensure the ATR remains available to support this national mission. The RDAS supports safe operation of the reactor by providing 'real-time' plant status information (indications and alarms) for use by the reactor operators via the Console Display System (CDS). The RDAS is a computer support system that acquires analog and digital information from various reactor and reactor support systems. The RDAS information is used to display quadrant and lobe powers via a display interface more user friendly than that provided by the recorders and the Control Room upright panels. RDAS provides input to the Nuclear Engineering ATR Surveillance Data System (ASUDAS) for fuel burn-up analysis and the production of cycle data for experiment sponsors and the generation of the Core Safety Assurance Package (CSAP). RDAS also archives and provides for retrieval of historical plant data which may be used for event reconstruction, data analysis, training and safety analysis. The RDAS, LPCIS and ASUDAS need to be replaced with state-of-the-art technology in order to eliminate problems of aged computer systems, and difficulty in obtaining software upgrades, spare parts, and technical support. The major modification criteria evaluation of the project design did not lead to the conclusion that the project is a major modification. The negative major modification determination is driven by the fact that the project requires a one-for-one equivalent replacement of existing systems that protects and maintains functional and operational requirements as credited in the safety basis.