TY - GEN
T1 - Current issues associated with the implementation of field programable gate arrays in the nuclear power industry
AU - Arndt, Steven A.
AU - Dittman, Bernard F.
AU - Dacruz, Paul
AU - Glockler, Oszvald
AU - Naser, Joseph
AU - Nguyen, Thuy
AU - Salaun, Patrick
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In the past few years the vendors of digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for nuclear power plants have started to increase their use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and similar complex programmable logic devices (CPLD) in both safety and non-safety applications. This expanded use of FPGAs has led to a number of issues that are under investigation by vendors, utilities, and regulators in the nuclear power area throughout the world. Over the past four years the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has sponsored a series of international workshops on the Applications of FPGA in Nuclear Power Plants to gather information and work on these issues. This paper discusses the results of the fourth workshop and summarizes the issues from a regulatory, research, vendors and utility view point.
AB - In the past few years the vendors of digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for nuclear power plants have started to increase their use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and similar complex programmable logic devices (CPLD) in both safety and non-safety applications. This expanded use of FPGAs has led to a number of issues that are under investigation by vendors, utilities, and regulators in the nuclear power area throughout the world. Over the past four years the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has sponsored a series of international workshops on the Applications of FPGA in Nuclear Power Plants to gather information and work on these issues. This paper discusses the results of the fourth workshop and summarizes the issues from a regulatory, research, vendors and utility view point.
KW - Complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs)
KW - Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)
KW - Nuclear power plants
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880492139
SN - 9781627480154
T3 - 8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies 2012, NPIC and HMIT 2012: Enabling the Future of Nuclear Energy
SP - 1738
EP - 1745
BT - 8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies 2012, NPIC and HMIT 2012
T2 - 8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies 2012: Enabling the Future of Nuclear Energy, NPIC and HMIT 2012
Y2 - 22 July 2012 through 26 July 2012
ER -