L3 MAPPS is pleased to announce that the newly upgraded full scope simulator at the Slovenia-based Krško Nuclear Power Plant has now been verified as ‘Ready for Training’.
The simulator upgrade was part of Nuklearna elektrarna Krško’s (NEK) Safety Upgrade Program (SUP) to modernise the plant in order to prevent severe accidents and to mitigate consequences consistent with the nuclear industry’s response after the Fukushima accident.
L3 MAPPS Power Systems and Simulation vice-president Michael Chatlani said: “The project was delivered on time, on budget and is now operational.
“It was again our honor to work with NEK on this challenging and fulfilling project.”
NEK engineering director Božidar Krajnc added: “NEK’s decision to work with L3 MAPPS has once again proven to be the right decision.
“The simulator upgrade is an important part of our safety upgrade programme. Through close cooperation between the NEK and L3 MAPPS technical teams, we now have a modern, high-performance simulator that will continue to serve our training and engineering support needs.”
The simulator’s previous UNIX operating system-based simulator was replaced with a virtualised Windows-based platform running L3’s industry-leading Orchid® simulation environment.
A new compact input / output (I/O) system, driven by L3’s Orchid Input Output software, was provided for the simulator’s main control room and for the newly simulated emergency control room.
After migrating the nuclear island and conventional island models into Orchid, various plant model upgrades were performed to reflect plant changes from the SUP.
The severe accident simulation models were improved and an interactive 3-D visualisation was added to the simulator to enhance visibility into simulated accidents.
Nuklearna elektrarna Krško operates the only nuclear power plant in Slovenia.
The Krško Nuclear Power Plant, located in Vrbina in the Municipality of Krško, is equipped with a Westinghouse two-loop pressurised water reactor and has a net electrical output of 696MWe.
It is connected to the 400kV grid, supplying power to consumer centers in Slovenia and Croatia.
The plant went into commercial operation on 1 January 1983 and supplies approximately 40% of the total electricity produced in Slovenia.
Its simulator, put into service on 31 March 2000, is primarily used to train and license main control room operators in safe and efficient plant operations.
L3 MAPPS has over 30 years of experience in pioneering technological advances in the marine automation field and over 40 years of experience in delivering high-fidelity power plant simulation to leading utilities worldwide.
In addition, the company has more than four decades of expertise in supplying plant computer systems for Canadian heavy water reactors.
L3 MAPPS also provides targeted controls and simulation solutions to the space sector.
Headquartered in New York City, L3 Technologies employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide and is a leading provider of a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used on military, homeland security and commercial platforms.
L3 is also a prime contractor in aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot training. The company reported 2016 sales of $10.5 billion.
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