Nuclear instruments Flashcards
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the Excore Nuclear
Instrumentation System?
A Provides instrumentation to monitor the neutron flux of the reactor core.
B. Measure data used to evaluate the neutron flux distribution in the reactor core.
C. Measures data used to monitor the thermal margin of the reactor core.
D. Provides instrumentation to measure radial peaking factors
A Provides instrumentation to monitor the neutron flux of the reactor core.
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the physical interface between
the Nuclear Instrumentation System and the Reactor Protection System?
A. Wide Range instruments provide input for the Variable High Power Trip, and
Source Range logarithmic instruments provide input for High Rate-of-Change Trip.
B.Power Range instruments provide input for the Variable High Power Trip, and Wide
Range logarithmic instruments provide input for High Rate-of-Change Trip.
C. Power Range instruments provide input for the Variable High Power Trip, and
Source Range logarithmic instruments provide input for High Rate-of-Change Trip.
D Wide Range instruments provide input for the Variable High Power Trip and provide
input for High Rate-of-Change Trip
B.Power Range instruments provide input for the Variable High Power Trip, and Wide
Range logarithmic instruments provide input for High Rate-of-Change Trip
Which of the following lists the preferred power supplies for the indicated Nuclear Instruments?
NI-1 NI-2 NI-3 NI-4 NI-5 NI-6 NI-7 NI-8
A.Y10 Y20 Y30 Y40 Y30 Y40 Y30 Y40
B. Y40 Y30 Y40 Y30 Y10 Y20 Y10 Y20
C. Y30 Y40 Y30 Y40 Y10 Y20 Y30 Y40
D. Y10 Y20 Y30 Y40 Y10 Y20 Y30 Y40
C. Y30 Y40 Y30 Y40 Y10 Y20 Y30 Y40
The plant is at 50% power.
Preferred AC Bus V-30 has de-energized due to a fault on the bus.
Which of the following describes the effect of the power loss on Reactor Protection
System?
A. Wide Range NI-3 and NI-4 and Power Range NI-5 are de-energized
B. Source Range NI-1 and NI-2 and Power Range NI-7 are de-energized
C. Source/Wide Range NI-1/3A and Power Range NI-7 are de-energized
D. Source/Wide Range NI-2/4A and Power Range NI-5 are de-energized
C. Source/Wide Range NI-1/3A and Power Range NI-7 are de-energized
Which ONE of the following describes the indications for the Nuclear Instrumentation
System outside the Control Room?
A. NI 1, 2, 3, and 4 log indications are provided on C-33.
B. NI 1 and NI 3 log and rate indications are provided on C-33.
C. NI 2 and NI 4 log and rate indications are provided on C-150A.
D. NI 1 and NI 3 log and rate indications are provided on C-150A
D. NI 1 and NI 3 log and rate indications are provided on C-150A
Which of the following describes the Rod Withdrawal Prohibit design feature?
CRDM withdrawal is prohibited on:
A 1/4 High Power Rate-of-Change Pre-trip or 2/4 Variable High Power Pre-trip.
B. 2/4 High Power Rate-of-Change Pre-trip or 1/4 Variable High Power Pre-trip.
C. 1/4 High Power Rate-of-Change Pre-trip or 1/4 Variable High Power Pre-trip.
D. 2/4 High Power Rate-of-Change Pre-trip or 2/4 Variable High Power Pre-trip.
A 1/4 High Power Rate-of-Change Pre-trip or 2/4 Variable High Power Pre-trip.
While operating with reactor power above 15%, the power range safety channels:
A. enable the loss of load reactor trip signals.
B. enable the high power rate reactor trip signals.
C. generate loss of load reactor trip signals.
D. generate high power rate reactor trip signals.
A. enable the loss of load reactor trip signals.
The plant is at 25% power.
Power is being raised at 3% per hour.
Which of the following conditions will result in the receipt of a Rod Withdrawal Prohibit
and its associated alarm, EK0917, Rod Withdrawal Prohibit?
A. One High Power Rate Pre-trip alarm
B. Two High Power Rate Pre-trip alarms
C. One Variable High Power Pre-trip alarm
D. Two Variable High Power Pre-trip alarms
D. Two Variable High Power Pre-trip alarms
A. Incorrect. Rate trips not active above 15 power.
B. Incorrect. Rate trips not active above 15 power.
C. Incorrect. Requires 2 of 4 logic. This distractor has only one.
D. Correct. Requires 2 of 4 logic.
A plant critical approach is in progress in accordance with GOP-3: MODE 3 = 525°F
To MODE 2.
Which of the following indications would validate that the Nuclear Instrumentation (Nls)
was responding as expected?
A. NI-1 and NI-2 reading approximately 30 CPS and NI-3 and NI-4 reading
approximately 10-7% power. Wide Range indication is rising by approximately two
decades to every one decade rise in the Startup Range Nls.
B. NI-1 and NI-2 reading approximately 30 CPS and NI-3 and NI-4 reading
approximately 10-8% power. Wide Range indication is rising by approximately one
decade to every one decade rise in the Startup Range Nls.
C. NI-1 and NI-2 reading approximately 300 CPS and NI-3 and NI-4 reading
approximately 10-5% power. Wide Range indication is rising by approximately one
decade to every one decade rise in the Startup Range Nls.
D. NI-1 and NI-2 reading approximately 300 CPS and NI-3 and NI-4 reading
approximately 10-6% power. Wide Range indication is rising by approximately two
decades to every one decade rise in the Startup Range Nls.
C. NI-1 and NI-2 reading approximately 300 CPS and NI-3 and NI-4 reading
approximately 10-5% power. Wide Range indication is rising by approximately one
decade to every one decade rise in the Startup Range Nls.
c. CORRECT. The 300 CPS Start Up NI reading is two decades higher than the
information in GOP-3. Since a 300 CPS NI Start Up reading is two decades
higher than 3 CPS, then the Wide Range Nls would be expected to be reading
approximately 1x10-5%. Step 5.2.2 states that the Nls then should each raise at
the rate of approximately 1 decade each.
What is the purpose of the Variable High Power Trip?
A. Protect the reactor from operating above 100% reactor power.
B, Limit transients starting at reduced power levels.
C. Remove protective features below 15% reactor power.
D Prevent reactor operation following a loss of forced flow
B, Limit transients starting at reduced power levels
The Nuclear Instrumentation Channels at a setpoint of
A. Source Range trip the reactor
B. Wide Range bypass the rate-of-change power trip
2.6DPM
B. Wide Range bypass the rate-of-change power trip
2.6DPM
The Source Range Nuclear Instrumentation Channels at _ A. trip the reactor B. deenergize C. disable ZPM Bypass D. do not deenergize A.a setpoint of 2.6 DPM B.a setpoint of > 0.05 % power C.a setpoint of
D. Do not denergize high power
With the reactor at full power operation, which ONE of the following describes the
effects on the Reactor Protection System of losing Power Range NI-5 channel?
In addition to the Variable High Power trip, the following “A” Channel RPS reactor trips
become INOPERABLE:
A. TM/LP, Loss of Load, High Power Rate.
B. TM/LP, Loss of Load, High Flux Delta-T.
C. TM/LP, ATWS, High Power Rate.
D. Loss of Flow, Loss of Load, High Power Rate
A. TM/LP, Loss of Load, High Power Rate.
Which ONE of the following Reactor Protection System functional units is affected by a loss of SourceIWide Range NI-01/03A? A. Variable High Power. B. Thermal Margin/Low Pressure C. High Startup Rate. D. Loss of Load
C. High Startup Rate
Which of the following Reactor Protection System trip units is affected by a loss of SourcelWide Range NI-01/03A? A. Variable High Power. B. Low Flow C. High Startup Rate. D. TM/LP
C. High Startup Rate.
Pressurizer Pressure Transmitter PT-01 02B failed low and no operator actions have
been taken. Then during normal 100% power operations, Nuclear Instrumentation (NI)
Channel NI-8 failed high. All other equipment performs as designed.
What procedure should the SRO be directing actions from immediately following the NI
channel failure?
A. Reactor Protective System and Anticipated Transient without Scram (ATWS)
System
SOP-36 to bypass the affected RPS trip function
B. Reactor Protective System and Anticipated Transient without Scram (ATWS)
System
SOP-36 to place the affected RPS trip function into a Tripped Condition.
C. Alarm and Response Procedure EK-0917 for alarm “Rod Withdrawl Prohibit”
D.Standard Post-Trip Actions EOP 1.0
D.Standard Post-Trip Actions EOP 1.0
Which of the following describes the relationship between the Nuclear Instrumentation,
and Quadrant Power Tilt Monitoring?
A. The Wide Range instruments output is used to measure QPTR in the Thermal
Margin Monitor (TMM).
B. The Wide Range and Power Range instrument outputs are compared to each other
to determine any flux tilts.
C. The Power Range detector outputs are compared to the average of the four
detectors to determine quadrant power tilts and provide channel deviation alarms.
D. The Power Range Detectors provide for the Axial Shape Index (ASI) measurement
in the TMM, which is used to monitor quadrant power tilts.
C. The Power Range detector outputs are compared to the average of the four
detectors to determine quadrant power tilts and provide channel deviation alarms.
How does fuel burnup impact operation of the Nuclear Instrumentation System?
Fuel burnup resulting in indicated power being _
than actual, provided no adjustments are made.
A. raises neutron flux at the outside of the core, higher.
B. lowers neutron flux at the outside the core, lower.
C. lowers neutron flux at the top half of the core, lower.
D. raises neutron flux at the inside the core, lower
A. raises neutron flux at the outside of the core, higher.