Reliability Program Plan for Field Programmable Gate Array-based I&C System of Nuclear Power Plant (Restu Maerani 1,a), Arya AdhyaksaWaskita 1,b), Satrio Pradana 2,c), Saharudin 3,d) Deswandri1,e), Jae Cheon Jung 2,f)

Abstract. Reliability program plan (RPP) for instrumentation and control (I&C) system with Field Programmable Gate Array
(FPGA) technology for the system platform should develop to ensure the reliability of systems and components both hardware and
software since reliability is one of mandatory requirement from the regulator and industrial standards of nuclear power generating
station safety system. Therefore, it is very important to arrange which methodologies and tools that will be used to verification and
validation (V&V) both hardware and software which is concerned as reliable I&C system since it is mandatory to meet the safety
system criteria because have to handle the complex safety I&C system. This RPP should be designed by referring to the condition
of the type of the reactor. To be applied on 10MW high temperature gas- cooled reactor-test module (HTR-10) which is a high
temperature reactor with gas coolant system, the design should be conditioned for high temperature environment. This paper present
the RPP to develop reliability analysis for FPGA-based I&C system of NPP to provide a minimum requirement to meet the
reliability goal of the safety I&C system of HTR-10. It is mandatory to develop RPP since FPGA-based I&C system become an
alternative platform to change Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to avoid common cause failure because of software problems
and cyber security aspects. In the process of reviewing recommended methods from industrial standards, it was found that the
complexity of the system can increase the capabilities of the system, but from the other side show that by reducing the complexity
of the system will increase the reliability of the system. By implementing this RPP to verify and validate the system development,
hope that I&C system for HTR-10 will meet the safety criteria and reliable for safety I&C system.
Keywords. FPGA, PLC, I&C, HTR-10, V&V, reliability analysis.