RPS 1 Flashcards
Which ONE of the following describes a purpose of the automatic High Rate of Change
of Power reactor trip?
A. To protect against exceeding Technical Specification limits on thermal power.
B. To protect against operators starting up the reactor too fast.
C.To protect against an uncontrolled rod withdrawal.
O. To protect against an excessive feedwater event at low power
C’:’“To protect against an uncontrolled rod withdrawal.
Which ONE of the following describes a purpose of the automatic High Rate of Change
of Power reactor trip?
A. To protect against exceeding Technical Specification limits on thermal power.
B. To protect against a boron dilution event while the reactor is critical at low power.
C. To protect against operators exceeding power escalation rate limits.
D. To protect against an excessive feedwater event at low power.
B~ To protect against a boron dilution event while the reactor is critical at low power
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Low Reactor
Coolant Flow reactor trip?
A.To prevent possible fuel damage as a result of a loss of coolant flow.
B. To ensure the reactor is tripped in the event of a Loss of Coolant Accident.
C. To protect the fuel from debris in the event that a Primary Coolant Pump should fail.
D. To enable operators to more easily establish natural circulation cooling during
EOP-1.0 “Standard Post Trip Actions
A.To prevent possible fuel damage as a result of a loss of coolant flow
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic High Pressurizer
Pressure reactor trip?
A. To prevent operation of the Primary Relief valves.
B. To prevent pressurized thermal shock of the reactor vessel.
C. To prevent a loss of coolant accident when the pressure limit of the most limiting
Primary Coolant System component is exceeded.
D To prevent operation when the reactor is generating more power than the
secondary side is accepting.
D To prevent operation when the reactor is generating more power than the
secondary side is accepting
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Low Steam
Generator Level reactor trip?
A. To initiate a reactor trip in anticipation of a Pressurizer High Pressure Trip.
B. To prepare the Primary Coolant System for Auxiliary Feedwater actuation.
C To initiate a reactor trip on a loss of steam generator heat removal capability.
D To prevent operation in a condition conducive to steam generator tube ruptures.
C To initiate a reactor trip on a loss of steam generator heat removal capability
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Low Steam
Generator Pressure reactor trip?
A. To prevent operation when the reactor is generating more power than the
secondary side is accepting.
B. To protect against excessively high steam flow caused by a steam line break.
C To prevent operation in a condition conducive to steam generator tube rupture.
D. To protect against exceeding Technical Specification limits on thermal power.
B. To protect against excessively high steam flow caused by a steam line break.
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Thermal
Margin/Low Pressure reactor trip?
A To prevent the violation of the minimum Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ration
(DNBR) condition.
B. To ensure the reactor is tripped in the event of a loss of coolant accident.
C. To protect against excessively high steam flow caused by a steam line break.
D. To prevent operation when the reactor is generating more power than the
secondary side is accepting
A To prevent the violation of the minimum Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ration
(DNBR) condition
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Loss of Load
reactor trip?
A. To ensure the reactor is tripped in the event of a loss of coolant accident.
B. To protect against excessively high steam flow caused by a steam line break.
C. To prevent the violation of the minimum Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ration
(ONBR) condition.
D To limit the energy and pressure stored in the Primary Coolant System caused by a
suspension of normal steaming of the steam generators
D To limit the energy and pressure stored in the Primary Coolant System caused by a
suspension of normal steaming of the steam generators
Which ONE of the following describes the purpose of the automatic Containment High
Pressure reactor trip?
A. To ensure the reactor is tripped should Primary Relief valves actuate.
B. To provide a backup trip for the Pressurizer High Pressure trip.
C.To provide a diverse trip with an earlier action than would be available with only a
thermal margin/low pressure trip, or steam generator low pressure trip.
D. To protect the Containment fission product barrier against an over-pressurization
which would challenge the containment structure.
C.To provide a diverse trip with an earlier action than would be available with only a
thermal margin/low pressure trip, or steam generator low pressure trip.
Which ONE of the following describes the reason that there is a manual reactor trip
capability?
A. Due to the limited reliability of the Reactor Protective System (RPS)
B. To provide an alternative to installing an automatic trip on Nuclear Flux Axial Shape
(ASI).
C.To provide the operator the capability to promptly shut down the reactor
D. Designers could not economically calculate setpoints for all desired reactor trip
parameters.
C.To provide the operator the capability to promptly shut down the reactor
Each RPS trip unit and auxiliary trip unit provides …
A. three outputs to the RPS matrix logic.
B. an adjustment potentiometer to calibrate its setpoint.
C. an internal battery to prevent momentary power interruptions from initiating a
reactor trip.
D. sufficient outputs to the RPS matrix logic to initiate a reactor trip by itself.
A. three outputs to the RPS matrix logic.
Which ONE of the Reactor Protection System Pre-trips will generate a Rod Withdrawal Prohibit on one-out-of-four trip logic? A. Variable High Power. B. Thermal Margin/Low Pressure. C. High Start Up Rate. D. High Pressurizer Pressure.
C. High Start Up Rate.
RPS CK06.0 002
The Reactor Protective System (RPS) K relays are located on the DC side of the
Clutch Power Supplies. Which ONE of the following describes a purpose of these
relays?
A. To interface with the 4160 VAC feeder breakers, initiating Bus 1A and Bus 1B fast
transfer on a reactor trip.
B. To interface with Control Rod Drives, initiating control rod rundown on a reactor trip.
C. To ensure that the RPS breakers RPS/42-1 and RPS/42-2 trip on a reactor trip.
D.To turn on the red “trip” light for each of the four RPS channels on panel C-06.
B. To interface with Control Rod Drives, initiating control rod rundown on a reactor trip
The Anticipated Transient Without Scram Trip Relay is powered from ... A. Y-10 and Y-20. B. 0-11-1. C. Y-30 and Y-40. D. Y-230A.
D. Y-230A.
Which ONE of the following are the power supplies for the Reactor Protective System (RPS) BC Logic Matrix? A. Y-10 and Y-20 B. Y-20 and Y-30 C. Y-10 and Y-40 D. Y-20 and Y-40
B. Y-20 and Y-30
Which ONE of the following are the power supplies for the ATWS Matrix Relays and
ATWS 2/4 Actuation Matrix Circuitry?
A. Preferred AC buses Y-30 and Y-40, respectively
B. Lighting panels L-58 and L-59, and bus Y-230 from battery D-205
C. Lighting panel L-01 and Instrument AC bus Y-01, respectively
D. DC buses D11-1 and D11-2, respectively
B. Lighting panels L-58 and L-59, and bus Y-230 from batteryD-205
Which of the following are the power supplies for the Reactor Protection System BC logic matrix? A. Y-10 and Y-30 B. Y-10 and Y-40 C. Y-20 and Y-30 D. Y-20 and Y-40
C. Y-20 and Y-30
Given the following plant conditions:
The reactor is critical in MODE 2 at 1% power
Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) Pump P-8C is operating
DC Bus D11-1 loses power
Which ONE of the following will occur?
A. AFW Pump P-8C will remain operating and AFW Pump P-8A will start.
B. AFW Pump P-8C will trip and AFW Pump P-8B will start.
C. The reactor will automatically trip.
D AFW Pump P-8C will remain operating and AFW Pump P-8B will start.
D AFW Pump P-8C will remain operating and AFW Pump P-8B will start
Loss of 011-1 causes auto start of P-8B via A TWS design. No effect on P-8A or C or
the reactor.
Monday,
The manual method of tripping the reactor from the Control Room that is electrically
different than the automatic Reactor Protection System (RPS) trip is the:
A. Manual Reactor Trip push button on EC-02.
B. Manual Reactor Trip push button on EC-06.
C. Manual Turbine Trip push button.
D. RPS Circuit Breakers 42-1 and 42-2.
B. Manual Reactor Trip push button on EC-06.
The manual method of tripping the reactor that is electrically the same as the automatic
Reactor Protection System (RPS) trip is the …
A. manual push button on control panel C-06.
B. CRDM Clutch Power toggle switches in control panel C-06.
C. RPS Breakers 42-1 and 42-2 in the Cable Spreading Room.
D.manual push button on control panel C-02.
D.manual push button on control panel C-02.