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Design Principles for CANDU Control Centres.
Abstract:
CANDU control centres must meet design goals in the areas of licensibility, capital, and operations, maintenance and administration (OM&A) costs. The principles and requirements associated with the licensibility (i.e., safety) and capital cost goals have been well specified in regulatory and AECL/utility project design practice for some time. However, the principles and requirements associated with plant operability and maintainability goals have evolved with utility operations experience and an improving understanding of the role of humans and automation in supervisory control systems.
This paper summarizes recent work to document design principles for CANDU control centres based on current CANDU utility operations experience, Canadian and international design standards, and supervisory control practice in nuclear and similar environments. Principles associated with plant operability are emphasized since principles in this area have been less well documented for use by designers in past practice.
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