Control system for nuclear facilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9368240-B2
Application number	US-201113813472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2011
Priority date	Aug 6, 2010
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

Provided are a safety protection system facility 43 outputting a normal actuating signal S 1 in a case where the safety protection system facility 43 controls actuation of a unit provided in a nuclear facility to a safe side based on an abnormality detecting signal output at the time of occurrence of an abnormality in the nuclear facility, and where this causes the unit to be actuated normally, and a CCF countermeasure facility 44 outputting a CCF-case actuating signal S 2 actuating the unit to a safe side in a case where the CCF countermeasure facility 44 determines from output results of the abnormality detecting signal and the normal actuating signal S 1 that the unit is not actuated normally at the time of occurrence of the abnormality in the nuclear facility.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control system for a nuclear facility comprising:
a detecting sensor provided in a nuclear facility and configured to output an abnormality detecting signal at the time of occurrence of an abnormality in the nuclear facility;
a main control device including a programmable processor configured to output a normal actuating signal when a unit is actuated normally in consequence of controlling the unit provided in the nuclear facility to a safe side based on the abnormality detecting signal; and
an auxiliary control device, as an auxiliary of the main control device, configured to output an auxiliary actuating signal to actuate the unit to a safe side in a case where the auxiliary control device determines from output results of the abnormality detecting signal and the normal actuating signal that the unit is not actuated normally for the abnormality in the nuclear facility, wherein
the auxiliary control device includes:
a NOT circuit connected to an output side of the main control device, and configured to output a signal when the normal actuating signal is not input, and not to output the signal when the normal actuating signal is input; and
a first AND circuit configured not to output the auxiliary actuating signal when at least one of the signal from the NOT circuit and the abnormality detecting signal is not input, and configured to output the auxiliary actuating signal when the signal from the NOT circuit and the abnormality detecting signal are input,
wherein the detecting sensor is connected to an input side of the first AND circuit via a delay circuit and the main control device is connected to another input side of the first AND circuit via the NOT circuit.

2. The control system for a nuclear facility according to claim 1 , wherein the delay circuit is configured to delay output of the abnormality detecting signal to the first AND circuit as much as predetermined time from reception of the abnormality detecting signal by the main control device to output of the normal actuating signal to the first AND circuit.

3. The control system for a nuclear facility according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first manual manipulating unit configured to output an allowing signal allowing output of the auxiliary actuating signal by manual manipulation, wherein
the auxiliary control device further includes a second AND circuit configured to output the auxiliary actuating signal when the auxiliary actuating signal from the first AND circuit and the allowing signal are input, and not to output the auxiliary actuating signal when at least one of the auxiliary actuating signal from the first AND circuit and the allowing signal is not input.

4. The control system for a nuclear facility according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a second manual manipulating unit configured to output a manual actuating signal actuating the unit provided in the nuclear facility to a safe side by manual manipulation, wherein
the auxiliary control device further includes an OR circuit configured to output a second auxiliary actuating signal when at least one of the auxiliary actuating signal output from the second AND circuit and the manual actuating signal is input, and not to output the second auxiliary actuating signal when the auxiliary actuating signal output from the second AND circuit and the manual actuating signal are not input.

5. The control system for a nuclear facility according to claim 1 , wherein the nuclear facility includes a nuclear reactor having inside a core, a containment housing the nuclear reactor, and the unit,
wherein the unit includes a core damage preventing unit preventing damage of the core and a vessel breakage preventing unit preventing breakage of the containment, and
wherein the auxiliary control device outputs the auxiliary actuating signal to actuate the core damage preventing unit and the vessel breakage preventing unit to a safe side.

6. The control system for a nuclear facility according to claim 1 , wherein the main control device includes a digital facility executing software on hardware, and
wherein the auxiliary control device is an analog facility configured by connecting respective junctions of electronic components by wires.

Assignees

• Utsumi Masafumi
• Satake Hidekazu
• Shimizu Masaru
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Utsumi Masafumi
• Satake Hidekazu
• Shimizu Masaru

Classifications

• G21C7/36

  Control circuits · CPC title

• G21C17/00

  Monitoring; Testing (measuring in general G01); {Maintaining} · CPC title

• G21D3/06

  responsive to faults within the plant (in the reactor G21C9/00) · CPC title

• G21D3/04 Primary

  Safety arrangements (emergency protection of reactor G21C9/00) · CPC title

• G21D3/001

  Computer implemented control · CPC title