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In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
Ismael L. Garcia (NRC)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 268-275
The qualification of digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) platforms for use in systems important to safety at nuclear power plants is needed in order to demonstrate that these I&C platforms are suitable for their intended applications. Evaluation guidance in this area is warranted given the increase use of digital I&C systems in operating and new reactor designs as well as its safety implications. Therefore, this paper provides an evaluation guidance framework for assessing the qualification of a digital I&C platform for use in systems important to safety. The framework addresses the following areas associated with the platform qualification: (1) the scope of qualification; (2) methods of qualification; (3) documentation; (4) the application of the qualification; and (5) the maintenance of the qualification. The methodology discussed by this paper is not to be construed as a requirement, regulation, or acceptable guidance by either domestic or international regulators; instead, it is intended to serve as a potential foundation or technical basis to be used for developing clear and sufficient regulatory guidance for assessing digital I&C platform qualification for use in systems important to safety.
