High integrity C&I
Jim’s experience includes:
- Formerly British Energy’s Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Manager;
- Technical lead on a major upgrade project;
- Design and Development Manager on a major construction project;
- Carrying out audits for IEC 61508 and IEC 60880 compliance;
- Chair of two international nuclear C&I Conferences;
- Former I&C Global Lead for Areva Installed Base.
Some key issues for high-integrity C&I in nuclear power stations
(in no particular order)
- International standards and compliance (both software and hardware)
- Lead-free solder/tin whiskers
- ISA vs. IPR
- IC feature size vs. Equipment life
- Backfit/upgrade project risks
- Cybersecurity
- Counterfeit or substandard equipment
(This list was made in 2011, but nothing has changed much, except the lead-free issue)
Recent publications:
- Key threats and issues for high-integrity C&I, Nuclear Future, vol 8, 2012
- Common-mode failure in high-integrity C&I systems (Overview)
- Nuclear C&I architecture (Overview)
- Modern high-integrity C&I for nuclear applications (Nuclear Institute presentation, March 2014)
- Qantas 72 incident (presentation 2015)
- Lecture notes on high integrity C&I and software for NPPs (presentation 2015)
- The Post Office/Fujitsu Horizon scandal (presentation 2021)
Jim is an independent advisor on the design of high-integrity C&I and has worked on these issues in the UK, France, Germany, Finland, Russia, Japan, USA, Canada and Brazil.
