Near real time materials accountancy development programme for Thorp
Description
BNFL is currently designing and installing a fully automated system of data capture, storage and processing for its Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) at Sellafield. A prototype Near Real Time Materials Accountancy (NRTMA) system has been used to demonstrate the advantages of this method of materials control to the future plant operators and their feedback continues to be incorporated in the development of user interfaces. NRTMA has been included in the User Requirements Specification for Chemical Plant Information Computer, the top-tier computer which is being provided to archive, retrieve and analyse plant data. The paper describes a development programme of performance and quality related improvements to the prototype NRTMA system. Furthermore, advanced diagnostic systems are described which will help the operator in the resolution of anomalies
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Safeguards and nuclear material management
- Imprint Pagination
- 745 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 659-662.
- Report number
- EUR--13686
Conference
- Title
- 13. Annual Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management.
- Dates
- 14-16 May 1991.
- Place
- Avignon (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- Country of Input or Organization
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- INIS RN
- 23087982
- Subject category
- S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCOUNTING; ERRORS; INVENTORIES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT
- Descriptors DEC
- FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES