The instrumentation and control system system to be used in a Malaysian research reactor that was digitally renovated and manufactured by the nuclear power plant/Photo = Provided by the nuclear power plant. © News1
Korean scientists are on the verge of success in digitally renovating the core systems of Malaysia’s aging research reactor.
According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning on the 4th, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute won an order for RTP (Reactor TRIGA PUSPATI) measurement control system improvement project from the Malaysian Atomic Energy Agency (MNA) last year. And enters a trial run.
The instrumentation control system is a facility that monitors and controls the operation status of a nuclear reactor and performs a protective function to safely stop the reactor when an abnormal condition occurs, and is a core facility corresponding to the brain of a nuclear reactor.
This project is to convert the measurement and control system of a 1MW class small research reactor, which has been in operation for 31 years, from analog to digital, and the Atomic Energy Research Institute competed with Argentina’s INVAP, a major competitor last year, to win an order.
Accordingly, the nuclear power plant is performing the entire process on a turnkey basis, from design, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning to education and training of related personnel.
After designing a digital measurement control system suitable for the model furnace type with an old study, and cooperating with RTP Korea Co., Ltd. and Hyosung Co., Ltd. to complete the device production, the factory acceptance test was successfully completed.
The equipment manufactured in July was moved to Malaysia, and after a three-month on-site commissioning was carried out, preparations for restarting the reactor are planned to be completed by the end of November.
As a result, the Atomic Energy Research Institute developed the technology as its fourth research following the Jordan Research Furnace Design and Construction Project (2010), Greece Research Furnace Primary Cooling System Improvement Consultation Project (2009), and Thailand Research Furnace Instrumentation Control System Replacement Support Project (2009). I am going to export.
In particular, this project is meaningful in that Malaysia has secured a bridgehead in that it is pursuing the construction of a new research reactor in the future and the construction of a nuclear power plant with the goal of around 2020.