Keeping your simulator in sync with your plant
Plant designs evolve continuously — and so must the simulators that mirror them. 3KEYSAFE™ and 3KEYCATALOG™ together provide a comprehensive configuration and data management framework, ensuring simulator accuracy, traceability, and compliance throughout the plant lifecycle.
Plant Changes Are Inevitable — Simulators Must Keep Up
Whether in design, engineering, or operation, plant modifications, upgrades, and life-extensions are an ongoing reality. Without a specific method of accounting for plant changes in the simulator, the training and licensing of nuclear plant operators is not valid. Tracking simulator enhancements, modernization, and user input is equally critical to developing and managing a world-class simulator.
3KEYSAFE™ — Comprehensive CMS
Designed to track code versions and simulator project-generated documents, 3KEYSAFE™ provides a comprehensive CMS — leveraging the visual features of 3KEYMASTER™ and the strengths of commercial Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) to give users an efficient means of managing design data and configuration items for simulator development and maintenance.
Captures all available data that could be used for simulator design — maintaining a traceable record of every design decision and data source throughout the project lifecycle.
Ensures simulator software evolution is controlled and consistent with design specifications — tracking tool versions and providing developers the means to trace artifacts produced by and used in the simulator.
Various functions including automated generation of simulation design specifications and reports — supporting configuration management functions, design reviews, audits, and decision-making.
Deploys a relational database with pre-defined tables where configuration information is stored — enabling structured queries, version comparisons, and audit trails.
3KEYSAFE™ & 3KEYMASTER™ — Working Together
The 3KEYSAFE™ enabling features within 3KEYMASTER™ allow document references to be captured at the point of use. Automation features then export this information into files that can be imported into the 3KEYSAFE™ RDBMS repository — where it is stored in pre-defined tables and made available for configuration management functions, design reviews, and audits.
3KEYCATALOG™ — Reference Data Management
Gathering and applying reference data — design and operational information about the system or equipment being modeled — is critical to building an accurate simulator. Disparate source media can lead to data being lost or obscured as projects progress. 3KEYCATALOG™ is the cure: recording raw source data, performing derivations, managing the verification process, and making visible how data is used in the simulation.
Raw source data recorded from all reference plant documents and manufacturer data.
Derivations performed from raw data to produce simulation-ready parameter values.
Verification process managed prior to any informational transfer to the model.
Verified data transferred to 3KEYMASTER™ process system models with full traceability.
Component data stored in RDBMS for reuse and automated update across models.
Complete configuration and data management for your simulator
For complete features, uses, and advantages of 3KEYSAFE™ and 3KEYCATALOG™ — refer to the individual product brochures below.