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January 2016 Simulation News of Western Services Corporation

GlassTop News GPWR Awards & Deliveries

WSC GlassTop Deliveries Top 50! GPWR Fleet Contnues to Grow

IAEA - Bangladesh & Vietnam VVER-1200 GPWR
In September 2015, WSC delivered to the Internatonal
In Spring of 2015, WSC delivered four new GlassTops to TerraPower, Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA), under two separate
increasing their feet to fve 3KEYTOUCH units. WSC also provided our contracts, GPWR simulators with a VVER-1200 nuclear power plant design for
3KEYCLASS Conductor sofware on a touch screen laptop. The GlassTops are use by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and Vietnam Atomic
for use with TerraPower’s Traveling Wave Reactor Prototype 3KEYMASTER Energy Agency. The Generic VVER-1000 Simulators will be used as training
simulator. The GlassTops are confgured to allow use in "standalone mode” or tools to teach students the basic reactons/behaviors under normal and
they can be used in group mode where two or more GlassTops HMIs are abnormal operatng conditons. The simulators will cover the full range of
driven from a common load. The plant operatons from Cold Shutdown, Hot Standby, Critcality, and Hot Zero
Conductor applicaton allows a remote Power through Full Power. The generic VVER-1200 simulators include a
user, through the wireless laptop, generic Human Machine Interface (HMI) based on a modern Distributed
monitoring and control capabilites of the Control System (DCS) architecture that provides user-friendly navigaton
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GlassTops, such as startng all GlassTops through the plant systems and controls. All 3 generaton nuclear power
in standalone or group mode. The user plants employ this DCS-based technology. The HMI utlizes P&IDs, providing
can select one or more GlassTops to intuitve plant controls that are not available through conventonal hard panel
perform similar actons such as freezing, controls. This provides the user with the ability to easily maneuver through
resetng, running, and also provides the systems and control screens eliminatng the need to spend tme learning
status informaton for each of the instrument locatons on traditonal panels.
GlassTop Simulators’ operatng TerraPower’s Jun Ding WSC also provided a set of Intelligent Tutoring System Lesson Plans that will
conditons and critcal parameters. allow students to use the simulator
without the aid of an instructor. The
screenshot to the lef shows the
Millstone 3 GlassTops VVER-1200 GPWR System
In April 2015, WSC completed delivery of two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTop Overview. Each simulator is being
Simulators to Dominion Nuclear Connectcut Millstone Unit 3. The Millstone delivered with a hardware set to
3 GlassTops include a complete set of new 3KEYMASTER panel graphics that allow four students to work
communicate with a non-3KEYMASTER individually, or concurrently under
simulaton platorm. The GlassTops include the the control of the instructor.
3KEYTOUCH Worldview, which shows all panels Generic VVER-1200 System Overview
with live annunciator status on the lower touch
screen, allowing single-fnger navigaton to any University of Sharjah, UAE
panel. The GlassTops include pan, zoom, and In May 2015, WSC was awarded a contract by the
resize navigaton of panel sectons that allows University of Sharjah to provide our GPWR Simulator and
equipment operaton at any zoom level. The two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTop platorms. The simulators and
two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTops are confgured for GlassTops were installed at the University in November 2015. The 1400 MW
use as standalone simulators or joined together two-loop GPWR will serve as a training platorm for the University’s Nuclear
allowing group training using both GlassTops Engineering Undergraduate
running from a common load. Side Note - WSC Univ. of Sharjah Engineering Lab program. The two GlassTop
is fnishing the panel graphics for the Millstone platorms can be used as standalone
Unit 2 GlassTops, which are scheduled for simulators or joined together
Millstone’s S.K. Chang
delivery in early 2016. allowing group, or team training
using both GlassTops running from
Millstone 2 Fire Protecton Panel GlassTops a common GPWR load. The system
WSC delivered a three-bay vertcal panel GlassTop confguraton to Dominion also includes an instructor staton
Millstone for integraton into the Millstone 2 Full Scope Simulator. The allowing the professor to remotely
GlassTop panel confguraton replicates the physical fdelity of the actual Fire monitor and control the simulaton.
Protecton panels and provides exterior and interior cabinet interacton with
the user. The 3KEYMASTER sofware interface replicates our GlassTop
interface to non-3KEYMASTER Robinson & Brunswick Control Room GlassTop
simulator architectures and Simulators (CRGTS)
preserves the natve simulaton In December, WSC delivered the CRGTS to Robinson Nuclear Power Plant and
architecture unmodifed.
began installaton, which will be fnished once constructon of the CRGTS
The project demonstrates the building is complete. Final SAT is antcipated for mid-February.
feasibility of integratng Integraton of the CRGTS for Brunswick Nuclear Plant is well under way with
conventonal and GlassTop panel WSC having received the panels from Bilfnger Mauell in December.
architectures within the same
physical simulator, ofering cost
efectve and highly efectve
training solutons to increase the
width and breath of a full scope
simulator footprint. The panels
will be completely integrated
into the full scope simulator
during the next simulator outage, Brunswick Robinson
which is scheduled for April. Millstone 2 Fire Protecton GlassTops Integraton Installaton

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