AN APPROACH TO A GENERALIZED REAL-TIME NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTROL SYSTEM

Untrained users and a large amount of - at first glance incompatible - processes and materials are the envi- ronment of computer-aided nuclear materials control systems. To find an efficient model of the real processes and materials descriptions and to allow the operating personnel to communi- cate with the system in his everyday symbolism are goals in the development of the concept presented in this paper. Ac- cording to this concept a real-time minicomputer-based materi- als control system is being implemented in the Nuclear Research Centre of Karlsruhe. The chosen approach satisfies the hetero- geneous requirements of the various institutes of the centre and is also applicable to other nuclear plants.