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Technical Improvement and Maintainability Upgrade of PWR Instrumentation and Control Systems


Makoto Takashima, Minoru Saito, Yukitaka Nishimura


The digital control technology has been applied step by step to the recent PWR instrumentation and control (I & C) systems, and also it is planned to apply it to all the I & C systems, including the safety grade systems related to the reactor safety for the Advanced PWR plant. The integrated digital I & C systems have also been updated to enhance the maintenance capabilities of the systems, to optimize maintenance activities and reduce workloads of maintenance personnel. As a result, the integrated digital I & C systems have been established which can be applied to the actual plants, and which can contribute to the enhancement of reliability, hardware reductions and maintenance workload reduction of about 20% in comparison with the latest plants.