Data communications

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to record regulatory guidance for reviewers examining computer communication systems used in nuclear power plants. The recommendations cover three areas important to these communications systems: system design, communication protocols, and communication media.The first area, system design, considers three aspects of system design-questions about architecture, specific risky design elements or omissions to look for in designs being reviewed, and recommendations for multiplexed data communication systems used in safety systems. The second area reviews pertin_t aspects of communication protocol design and makes recomanendations for newly designed protocols or the selection of existing protocols for safety system, information display, and nonsafety control system use. The third area covers communication media selection, which differs significantly from traditional wire and cable. The recommendations for communication media extend or enhance the concerns of published IEEE standards about three subjects: data rate, imported hazards and maintainability.

Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca Mountain. Volume 2: Preliminary Design Concept for the Repository and Waste Package

“…The importance of the communication system has led to the development of architectures for data highway communication networks (Preckshot 1993). Several network configurations have been considered including star, bus, and ring configurations.…”