Safety Measures for the Main Control Board Replacement Project at Ikata Units 1 & 2
Nozomu HASHIMOTO1*, Kenji TADA1
1SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., 2-5, Marunouchi, Kagawa, 760-8573, Japan
Abstract
When Units 1 and 2 of the Ikata Power Station underwent replacement of their main control boards, control
cabinets, and associated equipment, it was necessary to remove all the control boards, cabinets, and cables from
the control building including from the main control room. This meant the loss of operation and monitoring
functions in the main control room and functions of control cabinets. To maintain the operation and monitoring
functions required under plant shutdown conditions, temporary operation and monitoring equipment (i.e.,
temporary main control board) was installed in the temporary main control room. The advance preparations
included a trial switching from the permanent to the temporary main control board to identify and address
potential problems in advance. When the replacement work was underway, a work schedule sheet posted in the
temporary and the permanent control rooms was used to prevent human errors caused by operators’ recognition
errors. Monitoring and control signals were switched from the old boards to the temporary boards and from the
temporary boards to the new boards at appropriate timings to ensure plant safety during the replacement
operation.
Keywords
Safety, Reliability, replacement operation, temporary boards, operation and
monitoring functions
Full Paper:PDFEJAM Vol.5No.2 pp.132-137 "Safety Measures for the Main Control Board Replacement Project at Ikata
Units 1 & 2"