Fieldbus Communication Network Requirements for Application of Harsh Environments of Nuclear Power Plant

원전 극한 환경적용을 위한 필드버스 통신망 요건

  • 조재완 (한국 원자력 연구원 원자력 산업기술개발본부) ;
  • 이준구 (한국 원자력 연구원 원자력 산업기술개발본부) ;
  • 허섭 (한국 원자력 연구원 원자력 산업기술개발본부) ;
  • 구인수 (한국 원자력 연구원 원자력 산업기술개발본부) ;
  • 홍석붕 (한국 원자력 연구원 원자력 산업기술개발본부)
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

As the result of the rapid development of IT technology, an on-line diagnostic system using the field bus communication network coupled with a smart sensor module will be widely used at the nuclear power plant in the near future. The smart sensor system is very useful for the prompt understanding of abnormal state of the key equipments installed in the nuclear power plant. In this paper, it is assumed that a smart sensor system based on the fieldbus communication network for the surveillance and diagnostics of safety-critical equipments will be installed in the harsh-environment of the nuclear power plant. It means that the key components of fieldbus communication system including microprocessor, FPGA, and ASIC devices, are to be installed in the RPV (reactor pressure vessel) and the RCS (reactor coolant system) area, which is the area of a high dose-rate gamma irradiation fields. Gamma radiation constraints for the DBA (design basis accident) qualification of the RTD sensor installed in the harsh environment of nuclear power plant, are typically on the order of 4 kGy/h. In order to use a field bus communication network as an ad-hoc diagnostics sensor network in the vicinity of the RCS pump area of the nuclear power plant, the robust survivability of IT-based micro-electronic components in such intense gamma-radiation fields therefore should be verified. An intelligent CCD camera system, which are composed of advanced micro-electronics devices based on IT technology, have been gamma irradiated at the dose rate of about 4.2kGy/h during an hour UP to a total dose of 4kGy. The degradation performance of the gamma irradiated CCD camera system is explained.

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