The energy industry is planning to build advanced nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand while enhancing energy independence and reducing greenhouse gases.
The nuclear energy industry’s operations mandate multiple levels of requirements, including ones related to many layers of safety and back-up systems. Nuclear plants employ formal processes and procedures, which are frequently tested in a simulated environment, such as, a software simulation, to test safety and emergency compliance. Nuclear industry has the most sophisticated security andemergency preparedness plans in any industrial sector. All these features protect the safety of workers and plant neighbors
Architecture management
IBM Rational's enterprise architecture and system architecture solutions help nuclear agencies and operators to plan their business processes and link them to their evolving technical infrastructure. Through traceability to the standards for regulatory, safety and design requirements, complete requirements accountability and visibility is established.
Learn more:
Solution brief: Rational's architecture solution for E&U (PDF, 490KB)
Security and safety
IBM Rational’s solutions for security and safety help assess and mediate risk by identifying and reporting vulnerabilities and possible security threats.
Learn more:
Solution brief: Rational's security compliance for E&Us (PDF, 291KB)
Brochure: Rational provides security and regularity compliance
Managing requirements
Through formal requirements management, critical business functions, such as business continue planning and compliance requirements can be managed. Requirements management is key in the area of threat and risk assessments, business impact analysis, and recovery action plans for a nuclear plant.
Learn more:
Webcast: Best Practices for Managing Nuclear Requirements (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Where Rational products help you
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