Published February 1988 | Version v1
Report

Use of fiber optics in an emergency response data system

  • 1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (USA)

Description

An optical fiber communications medium has been installed in the Emergency Response Data Systems (ERDS) in the E. I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant. These high-speed, digital communications systems are used to link together two data-collection nodes in each of two computer networks, so that the plant operating data may be shared on a real-time basis. The use of a glass-and-plastic fiber for data communications may have several advantages over a metallic medium in this special application, and it has proven to be a very reliable means of data linkage over several unit-years of operation

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings: 1986 integrated power plant computer communications seminar
Journal Page Range
p. 4.6.1-4.6.11.
Report number
EPRI-NP--5641-SR

Conference

Title
Seminar on integrated power plant computer communications.
Dates
25-27 Aug 1986.
Place
San Francisco, CA (USA).