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Information Bulletin No. 34
(January 2002)

WESTRON HAS CONCLUDED CONTRACT ON DATA LINK HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR KOZLODUY NPP (BULGARIA)

Westron has concluded with Westinghouse Electric Company the contract on manufacture and supply to Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 the hardware and software for the data links between Computing Information System (CIS) upgraded by Westinghouse and operational In-Core Monitoring System (ICMS) and Radiation Safety System (RMS).

Westron manufactures a wide range of electronic digital data links hardware applied for nuclear and fossil power plants I&C Systems.

SPDS INTEGRATION INTO FULL-SCALE SIMULATORS

Westron has completed manufacture, shipment and integration of Safety Parameter Display Systems (SPDS) hardware into Rovno, Zaporozhye and Khmelnitskiy nuclear power plants full-scale simulators. The shipment of equipment for South Ukraine NPP simulator is planning in the first quarter of 2002.

NEW "ACCOLADE" SYSTEM SOFTWARE PACKAGE

Westron has completed the development and verification of the new "Accolade" system software package for its application on "Vulkan" (WDPF) platform. This package was developed with the participation of Westinghouse personnel. "Accolade" software package, functionally similar to WDPF system software, allows to ensure operation in Solaris 8 operating system media for the new advanced Sun – Sun Blade hardware platform equipped with the new 64-bit UltraSPARC[tm] processor. "Accolade" software package is compatible with widely used Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6 operating systems and Sparc 5, Sparc 20, Ultra 1, Ultra 5, and Ultra 10 hardware platforms. Thus, "Accolade" system software package allows not only create new systems based on workstations of new generation, but provides successful support for the commissioned systems and enhance them.

"Accolade" software package was verified on the basis of Sizewell NPP I&C System simulation and maintenance test bed modified to fit greatly the configuration of Ukrainian VVER-1000 CIS high level to be upgraded on the basis of implemented Safety Parameter Display Systems (SPDS). Presently, "Accolade" package is in the process of its thorough verification on Westron's Software Development System (SDS).

"Accolade" software package will be applied for the first time in Leningrad Units 3 & 4 SPDS systems to be shipped to LNPP in 2002.

Westron LLC
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Kharkiv 61070, Ukraine
Phone: +380-57-717-0601
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E-mail: office@westron.kharkov.ua