FAI developed the first MAAP Accident Response System (MARS) software system in 1987. MARS supports nuclear power plant operation as an on-line engineering tool which monitors the current plant conditions and interprets these to determine if there is a departure from the desired operating parameters. The following illustration provides an overview of the MARS concept:

Immediately following a plant upset condition MARS can be used to:

• diagnose the plant responses (reasons for the upset) based on the total set of
  measurements reported;
• track the plant state to detect any evolving change in the upset condition;
• use the tracking mode to dynamically initiate the MAAP code with the information gain from items 1 and 2.
• with the faster than real time calculational capabilities of the MAAP, project future plant states at 100 times faster than real time.

For more information on the capabilities of MARS, to learn about where our MARS software is currently installed, and/or for an online demonstration, please contact us.