Preliminary Schedule (subject to updates as they're available)
Sessions that indicate an "acting" Session Developer are in need of a dedicated developer. Please contact Tim Hurst or Jason Makansi if you are interested in taking the session.
POWID 2008 NUCLEAR SESSIONS
Monday
NEW PLANT I&C DESIGN
Monday Morning, June 9th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session Developer: Tim Hurst - timh@hursttech.com
The resurgence of new nuclear plants brings with it a host of new digital-based control designs and instrumentation systems. This session will provide an overview of the new I&C Architectures and Technologies being implemented in the various new plant designs. Presentations have been invited and/or confirmed from:
DIGITAL BASED I&C REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
Monday Afternoon, June 9th, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session Developer: Ray Torok - rtorok@epri.com
The state of the regulatory environment will be presented from experts with the NRC, NEI, EPRI, and Industry. Anticipated areas of discussion include software validation and verification, defense in depth and diversity, integrated control room and communications, human factors, and combined operating license application (COLA) review activities and issues. The following presentations are confirmed.
- P018 - Resolution of Human Factors Technical and Regulatory Issues for New Plants and for Modification of Operating Plants
Author: Robert Fink
Affiliation: CDF Services
P030 - Design Acceptance Criteria for Digital Instrumentation and Controls
Author: Joseph Ashcraft
Affiliation: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P045 - Status of Industry Activities to Resolve Digital I&C Implementation Issues
Author: Gordon Clefton
Affiliation: NEI-Nuclear Energy Institute
P053 - Protecting Against Common-Cause Failures in Digital I&C Systems - Approach for Addressing Key Technical and Regulatory Issues
Author: Ray Torok
Company: EPRI
- P058 - Regulatory Perspectives on Diversity and Defense-In-Depth & Diversity (D3)
Author: Ian Jung
Affiliation: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tuesday
NUCLEAR CONTROL ROOM SIMULATORS & TRAINING
Tuesday Morning, June 10th, 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session Developer: Frank Quinn - frankq@hursttech.com In conjunction with the new nuclear plants, great strides are being made in the design and application of training simulators. This session will focus on the current state of views full scope and partial scope simulators from some of the major nuclear plant simulator providers. Presentations are anticipated from:
The impact and requirements for the treatment of Human Factors in the design and implementation of new plants is unprecedented in the nuclear industry. The integration of information, use of graphical control interfaces, online procedures and many other I&C related design concepts present new challenges in Human Factors Engineering (HFE). The current plans and activities of the new plants for addressing the Human Factors issues will be presented. Committed presentations and topics include:
- New Plant HFE Programs
- P015 - The Incorporation of Human Factors Engineering Into Design of the AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant
Author: Julie Reed
Affiliation: Westinghouse Electric Company
P027 - Human Factor Engineering and HSI Design in the US-APWR
Author: Kenji Mashio
Affiliation: Mitsubishi heavy Industries, Ltd.
- P033 - Human Factors Verification and Validation of the Advanced Nuclear Plant Control Room Design
Author: Kim Yu
Affiliation: General Electric Corp
- Feedback from COL Reviews
-B. CONDITION MONITORING & ONLINE DIAGNOSTICS
Tuesday Afternoon, June 10th 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session Developer: Dave Bell- drbell@smartsignal.com
Digital technologies bring enhanced diagnostic and prognostic or condition monitoring capabilities, including smart sensors and control elements, vibration monitoring, neutronics analysis, and neural networks. From smart sensors to increased process and large equipment diagnostic monitoring and assessments, the new capabilities will be incorporated in the new plant designs and eventually into existing plants. This session will focus on some of these new capabilities and how they help improve the reliability and financial objectives of nuclear facilities. Committed presentations and topics include:
- P016 - On-Line Data Analysis for Loose Parts and Core Barrel Vibration Monitoring
Author: John Smith
Affiliation: Westinghouse Electric Company
P021 - Asset Management Technologies for the New Nuclear Plants
Author: Avni Patel
Affiliation: Duke Energy
P025 - PSAD A Modular System for Condition-based maintenance for EDF
Author: Francois Pebay-Peyroula
Affiliation: Atos Origin
- P028 - Integrating Online Performance Monitoring in New Nuclear Reactor Designs
Author: Ronald Jarrett
Affiliation: Tennessee Valley Authority
Wednesday
-A. DATA TECHNOLOGY IN NUCLEAR POWER APPLICATIONS
Wednesday Morning, June 11th, 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session Developer: Lee McMullen - leem@hursttech.com
The full impact of the evolution from analog to digital-based technologies is still being assessed in the nuclear industry. The new plants will be incorporating significantly different designs and levels of integration than existing plants. The move to digital-based systems, not just in the areas of I&C but communications and other areas as well, will greatly impact the functionality and redefine the system. Session topics include:
- Plant Industrial Networks
Operator Support
- Network DesignTopologies
- The new “distribution system”
- Operator roundsLogs
- Video surveillance
- Health Physics Support
Communications
- Personnel trackingDosimeteryVideo surveillance
- Portable monitoring
- PagingTelephoneCell phone
- Radio
- Security
- AccessPersonnel tracking
- Video surveillance
Committed presentations include:
- P031 - Integrated Digital I&C Architectures in Nuclear Applications
Author: Linda Santoline
Affiliation: Westinghouse Electric Company
- P039 - NRC Sponsored Cyber-Security Assessment Projects at Sandia National Laboratories
Author: Francis Wyant
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
-B. CURRENT I&C ACTIVITIES
Wednesday Morning, June 11th, 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session Developer: Bob Queenan- rqueenan@scientech.com
While new plants are catching the head lines, the existing plants continue to move forward in their quest to improve performance and reliability while decreasing overall costs. This session will focus on I&C-related projects recently completed or in progress at current nuclear facilities. Session topics include:
- Presentations on recent projects.
- Feedback from plants with digital controls.
Committed presentations include:
- P005 - Feedwater Flowrate and Thermal Power Monitoring and Adjustment by Data Reconciliation in NPP's
Author: Javier Zornoza
Affiliation: Electricite de France
P017 - Nuclear Power - Current I&C Activities
Author: Gary McWilliams
Affiliation: Westinghouse Electric Company
P022 - Model-based Testing of Safety Logics
Author: Francois Cheriaux
Affiliation: Electricite de France R&D
- P057 - Digital I&C Experience
Author: Bruce Geddes
Affiliation: Southern Engineering Services
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POWID 2008 Nuclear Sessions
Nuclear Program Developers:
Tim Hurst - timh@hursttech.com
Jason Makansi - jmakansi@pearlstreetinc.com
With more than two dozen new nuclear units now announced and/or proceeding through the licensing process, it is critical to focus the power industry’s attention on one of the thorniest issues in plant design: Instrumentation and Control (I&C) and plant automation. While great strides have been in I&C technology over the last ten years, the fact remains that there is no clear regulatory pathway for digital I&C and current owner/operators have struggled with I&C retrofit projects. While the U.S. nuclear business has been stalled for thirty years, the rest of the world has built, and now operate, commercial reactors based on the new technologies contemplated for the renaissance here.The ISA/EPRI Power Industry Symposium (POWID), now in its 50th year, is the perfect venue for a series of sessions and technical presentations dedicated to this critical subject. As you will see in the preliminary program below, we expect to not only thoroughly cover this area but, through the POWID venue, get the power industry at large involved in creating new solutions and offering new ideas. Our goal is make sure that advanced I&C issues are resolved in a timely way, thereby accelerating the nuclear resurgence in this country.We welcome your participation and hope that you will submit a paper or presentation or choose to attend.
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--Abstract - Jan. 11 --Draft paper - Feb. 29 --Final paper - May 2 --Final presentation - May 30 --Conference - June 9-11
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