Lessons learned from development and quality assurance of software systems at the Halden Project
- OECD Halden Reactor Project (Norway)
The OECD Halden Reactor Project has developed a number of software systems within the research programmes. These programmes have comprised a wide range of topics, like studies of software for safety-critical applications, development of different operator support systems, and software systems for building and implementing graphical user interfaces. The systems have ranged from simple prototypes to installations in process plants. In the development of these software systems, Halden has gained much experience in quality assurance of different types of software. This paper summarises the accumulated experience at the Halden Project in quality assurance of software systems. The different software systems being developed at the Halden Project may be grouped into three categories. These are plant-specific software systems (one-of-a-kind deliveries), generic software products, and safety-critical software systems. This classification has been found convenient as the categories have different requirements to the quality assurance process. In addition, the experience from use of software development tools and proprietary software systems at Halden, is addressed. The paper also focuses on the experience gained from the complete software life cycle, starting with the software planning phase and ending with software operation and maintenance.
- Research Organization:
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 269682
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP-0149-Vol.2; CONF-9510156-Vol.2; ON: TI96007985; TRN: 96:016788
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 23. water reactor safety information meeting, Bethesda, MD (United States), 23-25 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Twenty-third water reactor safety information meeting: Volume 2, Human factors research; Advanced I and C hardware and software; Severe accident research; Probabilistic risk assessment topics; Individual plant examination: Proceedings; Monteleone, S. [comp.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; PB: 514 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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