Year
1999
Abstract
The paper describes the development and status of unattended measurement systems for routine use by Euratom. The underlying philosophy of the approach (Remote Acquisition of Data And Review, \"RADAR\") is to develop OPEN systems based on standard commercial software and hardware. These systems are coupled with standard commercial hardware using customized modules for data acquisition. The data is stored, transported and analyzed also by such customized modules. Complete acquisition and review systems are produced for particular installations by Euratom staff who combine standard modules for data acquisition and review systems are produced for particular installations by Euratom staff who combine standard modules for data acquisition and review. This approach leads to standardization of hardware and software, which reduces the effort required for maintenance. In addition, as the software package is 'built' in-house we are able to react more quickly to the requirements of the inspector and to adapt to changes caused by the operator of the nuclear installation. Examples are given of the planned and implemented systems, and the capabilities of the systems described. Standard capabilities of such systems include the remote transmission of state of health data and (with the operator's agreement) data transmission.