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Remembering Joseph M. Hendrie
Joseph M. Hendrie
To those of us who knew Joe, even prior to his appointment as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it is an understatement to say that he was a larger-than-life member of the nuclear science and technology enterprise. He was best known to the broader community for two major accomplishments: the design and construction of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the creation of the standard review plan (SRP) for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
In addition to the products of these endeavors becoming major fundaments to their respective communities, they were uniquely Joe. The safety analysis report for the HFBR was written essentially single-handedly by him. This was true of the SRP as well, which became the key safety review document for the NRC as it performed safety reviews for the growing number of power reactor applications in the United States. His deep technical knowledge of nuclear engineering and his extraordinary management skills made this possible.
Pedro Trueba-Alonso, Cristina Corrales-Quirós, Julio Méndez-Salguero, Luís Rejas-López (Tecnatom S.A.)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 1053-1067
Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) have been traditionally operated from Main Control Rooms (MCR) and Local Control Stations (LCS) using analog technology with hardwired indications, controls and alarms in spatially dedicated in stand-up panels and consoles. The modernization programs in existing nuclear power plants have been changing the way to operate the Human System Interfaces (HSIs) of these MCR and LCS during the past 20 years, with the use of digital technology for Human System Interfaces (HSIs). These control rooms are now known as hybrid control rooms. Without changing the actual layout of the existing MCRs, the operation philosophy is evolving in hybrid control rooms in two directions: • To sit-down consoles, where the operator, can monitor the majority of plant systems and operate relevant plant information without the need of moving, using visual display units (VDUs). • To screens in the existing panels, where the traditional analog components are replaced with screens (touch screens or operated with trackball). This paper will show experience gained in examples of design modifications where Tecnatom has been working in design and verification and validations, where they way to operate HSIs has varied in some way. The implementation of design modifications is a non-stopping modernization process due to obsolescence of the existing Instrumentation and Control (I&C), HSI and lack of spare parts. In this way, the typical design modifications being implemented in plants with the participation of Tecnatom and focused in the MCR will be described.