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Information Bulletin No. 39
(December 2002)

NPP Radiation Monitoring System Upgrade.
Preliminary 1st Phase Zaporozye NPP Unit 1 RMS Test
on Westron's facilities

December 3, 2002

On December 3, 2002 the meeting on NPP Radiation Monitoring System (RMS) Upgrade was held on Westron's area and the preliminary test of Zaporozye NPP Unit 1 RMS of the 1st phase was performed on Westron's facilities. Its participants were the representatives of NAEK "Energoatom"; Zaporozye NPP; Rovno NPP; South Ukraine NPP; Automatics and Machine Building scientific and production enterprise; Solid-State Physics, Materials Science and Technology Institute of "Kharkov Physical & Technical Institute" National Scientific Center; Kharkov State Scientific & Research Institute of Metrology, KhIEP; Positron GmbH; and Westron. The meeting reviewed the issues related to NPP RMS upgrade and prospects of the RMS hardware improvement. The preliminary test of ZNPP Unit 1 RMS was successfully performed on Westron's facilities.

The participants of the meeting have stated the following:

• Actuality of works related to the NPP RMS components development and manufacture performed by Westron LLC; Positron GmbH; Solid-State Physics, Materials Science and Technology Institute of "Kharkov Physical & Technical Institute" National Scientific Center; and Automatics and Machine Building scientific and production enterprise.

• Extensive experience in the development of the Information and Control Systems gained by Westron while implementation of the CIS, SPDS and FWCS systems on the Ukrainian Units.

• "Vulkan" hardware provided by Westron is certified by the State Quality Assurance Center of Ministry of Ecological Resources of Ukraine for its application for nuclear safety-related I&C Systems, Safety Class 3N.

• "Vulkan" Hardware Technical Requirements #460600.001TY is approved by NAEK and Nuclear Regulatory Administration.

• Westron's Quality Management System is certified by TUV CERT company on its meeting international ISO 9001:2000 requirements on December 20, 2001. Now Westron holds Certificate # 75 100 8761 on development, manufacture, commissioning, and maintenance of I&C Systems for nuclear and fossil power plants and other commercial sites.

• Availability in Westron of the Service Center for in-warranty and non-warranty repair of "Vulkan" hardware components in Ukraine.

• Successful results of the preliminary test of ZNPP Unit 1 RMS of the 1st phase performed on Westron's facilities, including:

-  operation of the integrated ZNPP Unit 1 RMS

-  meeting the requirements specified in the ZNPP Unit 1 RMS Upgrade Technical Requirements

-  proper implementation of ZNPP Unit 1 RMS typical functions

-  proper functioning of ZNPP Unit 1 RMS measurement devices

-  acceptability of results of all tests included into the test scope

• Westron's integrated approach to ZNPP RMS upgrade.

• Capabilities to replace the NPP RMS systems which lifetimes are expired and are nonconforming the requirements of the regulatory documentation by the RMS hardware demonstrated at the meeting.

The participants of the meeting have made the decision to recommend the Ukrainian NPPs to apply the high level hardware and software developed and manufactured by Westron for parameters acquisition, processing and display and the mid level hardware and software developed and manufactured by Positron GmbH in the process of RMS upgrade.

Westron LLC
1 Akademika Proskury Str.,
Kharkiv 61070, Ukraine
Phone: +380-57-717-0601
Phone/Fax: +380-57-717-7956
E-mail: office@westron.kharkov.ua