REAL-TIME™ System
Enhanced EAL Technology
Emergency Action Level (EAL) determination is crucial to evaluating off-normal plant conditions and making notifications. Operators typically rely on charts detailing various Initiating Conditions (IC’s) and their associated EAL’s over several categories of plant operations.
The REAL-TIME™ system was designed by experienced nuclear industry professionals to reliably guide and facilitate this process. Rapid determination of EAL’s is crucial to assessing off-normal conditions, classifying an emergency and making timely notifications.
REAL-TIME™ may be linked directly to plant systems to enable automated “flagging” of plant conditions requiring emergency classification. It can also be used “off line” to develop exercise scenarios and for training on EAL determination.
REAL-TIME™ is designed to closely replicate the familiar wall chart process. It enables a rapid assessment of conditions in much the same way – with the added benefit of electronic “high-lighting” of conditions that exceed thresholds for normal operations.
Recognition Categories are easily accessible with the Current Mode determining which categories are active and available. Category(s) are highlighted when Initiating Conditions indicate a triggering condition has occurred. The system can be integrated with plant systems for automated flagging of Emergency Action Levels, or manually operated by entering the IC activity into the system.
The individual Recognition Categories are fully displayed when a category is selected, and any category with an active Initiating Condition will be highlighted to alert the user when an Emergency Action Level has been exceeded. Selection of any category will take the user to the Initiating Condition details and activity.
The REAL-TIME™ system highlights the Initiating Conditions and any resulting Emergency Classification requirements. Automated readings and/or confirmed manual entries will be highlighted in red along with the resulting Emergency Classification condition. Conditions that are triggered by manual inputs will have yellow highlighting and, when confirmed by the user, will display in red along with the indicated Emergency Classification.
The REAL-TIME™ system’s active displays alert the user to confirmed Initiating Conditions and the resulting required Emergency Classifications. These can then be validated through evaluation of operations documentation and operator confirmation. This process supports rapid analysis and will aid the user in making an appropriate determination.
The REAL-TIME™ system’s EAL Scenario Simulator enables configuration of a full range of initiating conditions and time-lapse scenarios for system testing and operator training. It can be used to aid in constructing scenarios that will appropriately pace a training exercise and will assure the intended training objectives are achieved.
The REAL-TIME™ system is readily configurable to each plant’s unique operating environment. An initial system deployment will include configuration of plant-specific variables, as well as on-site training and orientation for targeted personnel.
REAL-TIME™ is an important resource for enhancing EAL orientation, training and comprehension. It enables a mastery of EAL principles and – when integrated with plant systems – provides an automated capability for reliable EAL determination.
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