Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Abb Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power, Inc.

Gary D Althenhein

Stephen J Wilkosz

Raymond Robert Senechal

Donald D Zaccara

Robert E Bryan

Paul L Yanosy

Frank J Safryn

Glenn J McCloskey

Stephen G Bransfield

Arthur G King

An interface between a Plant Protection System and Engineered Safety Features in a nuclear power plant is disclosed for continuously monitoring the plant protection system initiation circuit for each remotely actuated Engineered Safety Feature system to effect remedial action in the event that the Plant Protection System generates a 'trip' signal. By using actuation inputs from the Plant Protection System and manual, operator implemented inputs, controls are provided for remote equipment components, such as solenoid valves, motor operated valves, pumps, fans and dampers.

Digital engineered safety features actuation system

A digital plant protection system for use in nuclear power plants of the pressurized water type includes cross-connected sensed-parameter processing channels that provide a suitably conditioned digital value to a digital comparator that tests the conditional digital value against a predetermined value to determine whether or not the sensed parameter has been exceeded. A comparator is associated with each of the plural channels and receives a separate measurement of the sensed parameter for each channel. If a sensed-parameter is determined to be out-of-specification by 2 of 4 or more channels, a `trip` signal is generated to effect remedial action.

Digital plant protection system

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Enfield, CT, United States of America

Gary D Althenhein