Main Activities and Achievements in the Field of I

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Main Activities and Achievements in the Field of
IC Development and Implementation at Russian
NPPs
IAEA TWG on NPPs Control Instrumentation

• Vladimir P. Sivokon
• Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute
  (RRC KI),
• Moscow, Russia
• Phone [phone],
• Fax [phone],
• E-mail sivla_at_dcmm.kiae.ru

Vienna, May 2005
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General and administrative information

• In spring 2004 the structure of Russian
  Government has been significantly changed and
  number of the Ministries was decreased
• Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russian Federation
  was reorganized to Federal Agency on Atomic
  Energy (Rosatom) headed by Mr. A Rumyantsev
  (former Minister)
• In spring 2005 Mr. S. Antipov, former director of
  Kalinin NPP, became a President of Russian
  Utility Rosenergoatom (the only Utility of NPPs
  in Russia)

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New NPP Units commissioning and plans of
construction (confirmed in 2005)

• In December 2004 WWER-1000 Unit (Kalinin-3) was
  started up with the new programmable IC systems
  both at low and upper levels of the Unit control
• Volgodonsk-2 (WWER-1000) start-up is scheduled
  for 2008
• Kalinin-4 (WWER-1000) start-up is scheduled for
  2011
• Balakovo-5 (WWER-1000) start-up is scheduled for
  2011
• During last two years the design activities on
  WWER-1500 are increasing, the new NPP with
  WWER-1500 supposed to be started up at the
  Leningrad NPP site

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Electricity generation in Russia
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Capacity factor of Russian NPPs
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Trend of the events at Russian NPPs
Total
New reporting criteria
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Current age of Russian NPP Units in Operation
(calculated for the mid of 2005)IC
modernisation is executed at many Units
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Main activities in IC field International
cooperation

• IAEA (Review missions on Bushehr NPP APCS design,
  International DB on NPPs IC modernization
  projects, Invitation of the OSART mission to
  Volgodonsk NPP in October 2005 and other
  activities)
• WANO (invitation and participation in peer-review
  missions at different plants)
• TACIS (projects on IC modernization at Balakovo,
  Kalinin, Novovoronezh and other NPPs,
  modernization of Leningrad NPP full-scope
  simulator for HMI research of RBMK MCR)
• Bilateral cooperation (France, Germany, Norway,
  South Korea, USA and other countries)

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Main activities in IC fielddomestic experience

• Design and qualification of new programmable
  controllers for implementation in WWER safety
  systems (VNIIA and Fizpribor, Moscow)
• Development of philosophy of the IC design for
  WWER-1500 and new generation of WWER-1000
• Development of VR-based simulation systems for
  NPPs personnel training and knowledge management
• Modernisation of IC at many RBMK and WWER Units
• Further development of certification system for
  nuclear equipment, including main IC systems

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Main achievements in IC field

• Design and commissioning new computerized IC for
  Kalinin NPP (Unit-3), implementation of soft
  control for WWER-1000 for the first time in
  Russia (separate reports to be presented by Mrs.
  Dunaev and Bozhenkov, VNIIAES)
• Qualification of TPTS (manufactured by VNIIA,
  Moscow) programmable controllers for application
  in systems important to safety, their
  commissioning in safety and turbine control
  systems of Kalinin-3
• Design and trial commissioning at Balakovo NPP
  new programmable controllers (designer and
  manufacturer is Fizpribor, Moscow) for
  replacement of analogue devices (UKTS) used in
  WWER safety and other systems. These new means
  provide functional succession and do not require
  any significant change of original project
  documentation on IC. Number of IC cabinets can
  be reduced by about 8 times

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Example of microcontroller-based board designed
by Fizpribor
BUK-RD control device
Analogue microcontroller with read-only memory
and D-A, A-D converters
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Main achievements in IC field (cont.)

• Implementation at the nuclear power plants
  intellectual pressure transmitters
  (Metran,
  Chelyabinsk)
• Modernization of IC systems at many RBMK and
  WWER Units (for example, Balakovo, Kalinin,
  Kursk, Novovoronezh, Smolensk, etc.)
• Extension of functions of the Leningrad NPP full
  scope simulator (FSS) by development and
  connection to FSS a VR-based MCR for RBMK HMI
  enhancement (DSS, RRC Kurchatov Institute)

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Further development of LNPP refuelling machine
VR-Simulator to train maintenance personnel

• RRC KI and IFE (Halden, Norway) developed and
  implemented Refuelling Machine Simulator (RMS-VR)
  at Leningrad NPP
• RMS-VR is on-line connected with RBMK FSS for the
  operators shift team training and in 2004 it was
  further enhanced to train the maintenance
  personnel too

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Experience of VR-simulator creation at Leningrad
NPP was used for development of multimedia
training systems for Kalinin NPP

• Demonstration of 3D-models of equipment
• Showing internal design details
• 3D-animation of equipment components
• Interactive 3D- scenarios of assembling-disassembl
  ing processes

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Problems of current importance relevant to
possible international cooperation

• Identification of new ratio between automated and
  manual control for the next generation of NPPs
  (increasing level of automation)
• Unification of the IC technical means within
  each safety class
• Use of new technologies for IC and NPP
  simulators design
• Comparison and harmonization of Russian and
  international requirements on design and
  qualification of IC systems important to safety,
  especially programmable ones
• Human Machine Interface enhancement for new
  generation of NPPs

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IAEA TWG on NPPs Control Instrumentation
Main Activities and Achievements in the Field of
IC Development and Implementation at Russian
NPPs
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