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Prior to 1995, nuclear stations used various alarm-reporting
computer systems to manage their security requirements.
Unfortunately due to the ever-changing and rapid growth
of technology, many of these systems have become obsolete,
resulting in difficult and costly maintenance issues.
As a result, a group of technical nuclear computer
specialists and security operators teamed up and developed
an innovative computer system to aggressively meet these
ever-changing needs and to exceed the expectations demanded
by nuclear facilities. Not only is the NSMART system
successfully implemented and in operation today, but
it is also forecasted to advance nuclear security technology
into the21st century and beyond.
The NSMART system is a complete Access Control and Alarm
Monitoring System. It has the added features of incorporating
functionality to biometric verification units, CCTV
matrix switching systems and to NSSC's Video Capture
System™. This system was designed to use as much
off-the-shelf hardware and software as possible to avoid
creating a highly proprietary "black-box"
system. NSMART also includes an integral video badging
system.
The NSMART system is designed to operate as two redundant
computer networks and one field device network. The computer
network is designed as a standard local area network (LAN)
consisting of file servers, workstations, and printers communicating
over Ethernet and operating under the Windows 2000 architecture.
The field device network is a state of the art; peer-to-peer
network of custom designed field multiplexers and data servers
built upon an Echelon LonWorks technology.
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