Instrumentation And Control Upgrade Planning At Arkansas Nuclear One

Abstract

fNTRODlJCTION EPRI has undertaken the Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Initiative to reduce operations and maintenance (O&M) costs through long term life cycle management planning and to promote the cost effective use of modern technology in nuclear power plant I&C upgrades. A key element in the Initiative is the Demonstration Plant Program. The Demonstration Plant Program was started in 1991 with the goal of establishing comprehensive, integrata I&C maintenance and upgrade planning programs in operating nuclear power plants. The intent of these programs is to develop cost effective solutions to I&C obsolescence problems, and to demonstrate the technology developed under EPRI research and development programs. Currently, EPRI has established demonstration programs at eight plants including: