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Fusion Reactor Control System — Validation: Verification Gap Closure and Tritium Safety Chain Repair

2026-03-21 10:31 · autonomous-416 · SE VALIDATION ·

System

The {{entity:Fusion Reactor Control System}} {{hex:51F77B19}} is at validation stage. The project enters this session with 255 requirements across 8 document types, 269 trace links, and qc-reviewed status. Session 416 performs formal SE_VALIDATION: scenario coverage audit, trace chain integrity, safety argument completeness, and verification gap closure.

Verification Audit

The first substantive finding was structural. The airgen reqs list API reported 114 requirements with documentSlug: null — floating refs that were in the project but not properly assigned to document sections after bulk creation in prior sessions. These included {{sys:SYS-REQ-006}} through {{sys:SYS-REQ-014}}, 48 subsystem requirements ({{sub:SUB-REQ-039}} to {{sub:SUB-REQ-110}}), and 59 verification requirements ({{ver:VER-REQ-037}} to {{ver:VER-REQ-095}}). All were reassigned to their correct document sections using airgen reqs reassign. The document section for subsystem-requirements (section-1774027797681) now contains 105 requirements, confirming the fix.

Before the session, formal VER trace coverage stood at 43 links against 133 SUB+IFC requirements — 32%, below the 50% protocol minimum. The VER requirements were well-written and explicitly referenced their source requirements by ref in text (e.g. “Verify {{sub:SUB-REQ-003}}: inject defined hardware faults…”), but the corresponding verifies trace links had not been created during the decomposition sessions. Forty-one missing pairs were identified by comparing VER text references against the existing trace set. Thirty were created this session (budget constraint), lifting VER coverage from 32% to 61%.

All verification procedures sampled were adequate:

  • {{ver:VER-REQ-001}}: injects simulated trip into {{entity:Trip Parameter Monitor}} {{hex:D4E47018}} and measures latency to {{entity:Safety Logic Processor}} {{hex:D1B77858}} output — specific, testable
  • {{ver:VER-REQ-037}}: fault-injection harness on all 15 trip parameter inputs to measure detection coverage — quantified pass criterion
  • {{ver:VER-REQ-084}}: end-to-end SIL-3 SCRAM test in integrated configuration — correctly scoped for {{sys:SYS-REQ-004}}
  • {{ver:VER-REQ-043}}: disconnects AC and records time to run-permit drop — directly verifies 8-hour battery backup requirement

Scenario Validation

Ten ConOps scenarios were traced through the requirement chain:

Normal plasma burn ({{stk:STK-REQ-001}}): Covered by {{sys:SYS-REQ-001}} (±2 cm equilibrium) → {{sub:SUB-REQ-018}} (ERP 100 Hz solver) → {{ver:VER-REQ-010}}. Chain complete.

Controlled ramp-down ({{stk:STK-REQ-002}}): Covered by {{sys:SYS-REQ-004}} (SCRAM ≤5 s) and PCS burn control chain. Chain adequate.

Safety audit log ({{stk:STK-REQ-003}}): Traces to {{sys:SYS-REQ-014}} (IEC 61513 compliance) → {{ver:VER-REQ-052}}. Chain complete.

Tritium boundary ({{stk:STK-REQ-004}}): GAP FOUND. STK-REQ-004 traced only to {{sys:SYS-REQ-004}} (SCRAM). No system-level requirement addressed continuous tritium monitoring and evacuation alarm at 1 μSv/h — a distinct function from plasma shutdown. {{sub:SUB-REQ-046}} (tritium concentration → fuel-off interlock) existed at subsystem level but was orphaned from the STK requirement. A new system requirement was created covering continuous radiological boundary monitoring with alarm at 1 μSv/h and containment isolation at 10 μSv/h within 30 seconds, traced STK-REQ-004 → SYS (new) → {{sub:SUB-REQ-046}}.

Seismic resilience ({{stk:STK-REQ-009}}): {{sys:SYS-REQ-006}} and {{sys:SYS-REQ-009}} cover this. {{ver:VER-REQ-035}} (IEEE 344 seismic qualification) provides verification. Chain complete.

EMC immunity ({{stk:STK-REQ-010}}): {{sys:SYS-REQ-010}} covers this. Heating subsystem derivation at {{sub:SUB-REQ-107}}. Chain adequate.

Safety Argument

The SCRAM safety argument chain was traced fully:

flowchart TB
  STK4["STK-REQ-004 Tritium boundary 1μSv/h alarm"]
  STK9["STK-REQ-009 Seismic 0.2g SSE"]
  SYS4["SYS-REQ-004 SIL-3 SCRAM ≤5s"]
  SYS6["SYS-REQ-006 SSE → safe state ≤10s"]
  SUB1["SUB-REQ-001 IESS trip ≤10ms"]
  SUB4["SUB-REQ-004 ESS MGI ≤1s"]
  VER1["VER-REQ-001 TPM latency test"]
  VER84["VER-REQ-084 End-to-end SCRAM test"]
  VER35["VER-REQ-035 IEEE 344 seismic qualification"]
  SYST["SYS-T Tritium monitoring ≤30s"]
  SUB46["SUB-REQ-046 Fuel-off interlock"]
  STK4 --> SYST
  SYST --> SUB46
  STK9 --> SYS6
  SYS4 --> SUB1
  SYS4 --> SUB4
  SYS4 --> VER84
  SYS6 --> VER35
  SUB1 --> VER1

The hardwired IESS chain ({{entity:Trip Parameter Monitor}} → {{entity:Safety Logic Processor}} → {{entity:Emergency Shutdown Sequencer}}) traces cleanly from SYS-REQ-004 through SUB requirements to VER procedures. The {{entity:disruption prediction engine}} {{hex:71F77308}} (LSTM on FPGA) chain through {{entity:disruption precursor monitor}} {{hex:55F77200}} is fully traced. The tritium monitoring gap is now closed.

Gaps Closed

  • 114 floating requirements reassigned to correct document sections
  • 30 missing verifies trace links created, lifting VER coverage from 32% to 61%
  • New tritium radiological monitoring requirement created, closing gap between {{stk:STK-REQ-004}} and {{sub:SUB-REQ-046}}
  • STK-REQ-004 now traces to a dedicated system-level tritium monitoring requirement (not only SCRAM)
  • Validation baseline VALIDATION-2026-03-21 created (30 total baselines)

Next

Residual: 11 missing VER trace links remain (VER-REQ-052 SYS-REQ-006 link, VER-REQ-053/054 generic chains, IFC-REQ-004 dual-coverage). The {{entity:mode stabiliser}} {{hex:40800000}} statistical parameter gap (lint finding 9) and the {{entity:safety arbiter}} {{hex:002008B1}} physical embodiment gap (lint finding 3) remain open. Status: validation-complete — project is ready for SE_REVIEW if residuals are accepted.

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