Fuel Handling Control System Testing

Abstract

A fuel handling system is being supplied to the Bruce A generating station, which is a fully operational station, to supplement the current fuelling capability. To reduce disruption to station operation, it is desirable to pre-commission the system, eliminating at all possible design and manufacturing faults and ensuring proper equipment operation. Various features of the control system design make it practical to implement a test on the manufacturing floor prior to shipping the various subsystems to site. The system control computers have been programed to monitor and print the results of the testing process. Numerous system faults have been found during the testing, permitting correction of errors in the first system prior to delivery to site and correction of manufacturing information prior to manufacture of subsequent identical systems for the Bruce B station.