Design and hardware alternatives for a Safety-Parameter Display System

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5818599

Honeycutt, F; Merten, W T; Roy, G M; Segraves, E; Stone, G P

The SPDS is a dedicated control room operator aid and is viewed as an important safety improvement within the context of other post-TMI fixes. Hardware configurations and components to implement the NSAC display format of a Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) are evaluated. The evaluation was made on the basis of five alternative hardware configurations which use commercially available components. Four of the alternatives use computer/video display architecture. The fifth alternative is a simple hardwired system which uses strip chart recorders. SPDS regulatory requirements are defined by NUREG 0696. Overall feasibility of the NSAC concept was evaluated in terms of performance, reliability, cost, licensability, and flexibility. The flexibility evaluation relates to the ability to handle other display formats, the data acquisition needs of the other emergency facilities and the impact of expected future NRC requirements.

• Research Organization: Roy and Associates, Inc., Campbell, CA (USA); J-E-T Consultants, Inc., Campbell, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5818599
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NSAC-34; ON: DE82901517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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