KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices (정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지)

Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (한국정보과학회)
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Application and Analysis of the Paradigm of Software Safety Assurance for a Digital Reactor Protection System in Nuclear Power Plants

원전 디지털 원자로보호계통 소프트웨어 안전보증 패러다임 적용 및 분석

  • 권기춘 (한국원자력연구원 원자력ICT연구부) ;
  • 이장수 (한국원자력연구원 원자력ICT연구부) ;
  • 지은경 (한국과학기술원 전산학부)
  • Received : 2016.10.18
  • Accepted : 2017.02.24
  • Published : 2017.06.15
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Abstract

In the verification and validation procedures regarding the safety-critical software of nuclear power plants for the attainment of the requisite license from the regulatory body, it is difficult to judge the safety and dependability of the development, implementation, and validation activities through a simple reading and review of the documentation. Therefore, these activities, especially safety assurance activities, require systematic evaluation techniques to determine that software faults are acceptable level. In this study, a safety case methodology is applied in an assessment of the level and depth of the results of the development and validation of a manufacturer in its targeting of the bistable processor of a digital reactor protection system, and the evaluation results are analyzed. This study confirms the possibility of an effective supplementation of the existing safety demonstration method through the application of the employed safety case methodology.

원자력발전소 안전-필수 소프트웨어를 개발하고 검증 및 확인을 수행하여 규제기관으로부터 인허가를 받기 위하여 단순하게 문서를 읽고 검토해서는 개발, 구현 및 검증활동에 대한 신뢰성과 안전성 확보에 대하여 정확하게 판단하기가 쉽지 않다. 따라서 이러한 활동, 특히 안전보증 활동이 소프트웨어 결함이 허용가능한 수준인지 판단하기 위한 체계적인 평가기술이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 원전 디지털 원자로보호계통의 비교논리 프로세서와 동시논리 프로세서를 대상으로 제작자가 수행한 개발 및 검증 결과물의 수준과 깊이를 평가하기 위해 안전진술(Safety case) 방법론을 적용하고 그 결과를 분석한다. 안전진술 방법론 적용으로 기존의 안전입증 방법을 효과적으로 보완할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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Supported by : 한국원자력안전재단

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