SC's Oconee Nuclear Station to upgrade to digital

[bananas]

Hope it doesn't catch a virus.

http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/01/02/1899124/scs-oconee-nuclear-station-to.html

Sunday, Jan. 02, 2011
SC's Oconee Nuclear Station to upgrade to digital
The Associated Press

SENECA, S.C. -- Oconee Nuclear Station plans to become the first nuclear plant in the U.S. to convert one of its reactors to a digital control panel later this year.

The conversion from the analog control panels being used across the country will be made this spring while one of the station's three reactors is shut down for regular maintenance and refueling, Duke Energy spokesman Robert Cook told The Greenville News.

Operators and technicians are currently training on the new digital system, where computers mostly replace the physical components that keep the reactor safe and working.

The Shearon Harris nuclear power plant is shifting to a new model of fire safety, replacing teams of human fire patrols with an automated fire-detection system, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

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