Sizewell B integrated control and instrumentation system: a vision becomes reality

Nuclear Electric's Sizewell B station is an 1188 MW PWR located in Suffolk, UK. The Westinghouse supplied control and instrumentation system for the Sizewell B station represents the first implementation of this state-of-the-art digital technology in an integrated plant-wide protection, control, and computer system. The benefits of the Westinghouse approach are enumerated.<>