%0 Journal Article 
%A Álvarez Torres, María Bárbara
%A Iborra García, Andrés José
%A Fernández Andrés, José Carlos
%T An automatic maintenance system for nuclear power plants instrumentation
%D 2000
%@ 1375-6753
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10317/590
%X Maintenance and testing of reactor protection systems is an important cause of unplanned reactor trips due to be commonly carried out in manual mode. The execution of surveillance procedures in this mode entails a great number of manual operations. Automated testing is the answer because it minimises test times and reduces the risk of human errors.
GAMA-I is an automatic system for testing the reactor protection instrumentation which is based on VXI instrumentation cards. This system has important advantages over previous ones in terms of easiness to carry out software modifications related to configuration changes in the protection system. The system uses visual programming and the modifications can be
implemented by ordinary instrumentation specialists without programming experience.
%K Tecnología Electrónica
%K Instrumentación
%K Sistemas de medición
%K VXI
%K Control
%K Sistemas de tiempo real
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN