Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Frank Martin Kessler, Jr

Raymond Robert Senechal

Richard Michael Manazir, Jr

Edgar Mel Brown, Sr

A system and method for interfacing with a nuclear power plant's digital plant protection system activates emergency response devices when necessary. Two redundant bistable processors in each of four logic channels determine whether a particular parameter of the plant operation exceeds safety limits based on output from the plant protection system which monitors plant operations. Two independent coincidence processors in each channel compare the output of each bistable processor with the complementary output of a bistable processor of another logic channel. The results are provided to a series of component control system processors for activating emergency response devices when necessary. A fiber optic network interconnects the logic channels. Within each channel, a fiber optic network is provided between the component control system processors and a main control room so that a manual activation signal can be sent to the component control processors.

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Suffield, CT, United States of America

Frank Martin Kessler, Jr