Quality assurance for a nuclear power plant simulator by applying standards for safety-critical software》.pdf

Progress in Nuclear Energy 70 (2014) 128e133 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Progress in Nuclear Energy journal homepage: /locate/pnucene Review Quality assurance for a nuclear power plant simulator by applying standards for safety-critical software Ye Cheng a, b, *, Ni Chao b, Zheng Tian b, Zhang Zhicheng b, Zhang Ronghua b a School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China b Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, Shanghai 200233, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Nuclear power plant simulators are playing a more important role in nuclear power plant lifecycle Received 9 January 2013 analysis, and the quality of the simulators should be verified to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants. Received in revised form Currently, there is no systematic quality assurance method for nuclear power plant simulators. In this 2 September 2013 paper, a systematic quality assurance method for nuclear power plant simulators is proposed basing on Accepted 5 September 2013 experiences with safety-critical software. Key aspects of the method are discussed. In addition, appli- cation of this method to a real project is also described as a practical reference. Keywords: 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All righ