Patent Number: 053393392
Section: claims

1. Process for performing a monitoring or inspection round of a nuclear site over which are distributed collection or reading points carrying an identification on the said points indicated by labels, sensors and equipments, at least one sensor and at least one equipment having a certain operating state being grouped around a collection point, the round being performed by a watchman, carrying a portable microcomputer equipped with a screen associated with a radiofrequency transceiver and a wand reader for reading labels characterized in that it comprises: (A) beforehand  (B) during the round, at each passage to a collection point the watchman reads the label carrying the identification reference of the point using the wand reader;  (C) at the end of the round, the information recorded in the portable microcomputer is coped again into the central computer for processing. 2. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that, following stages (B) (b) or (B) (c), the sequence of collection points (12), sensors (10) and equipments (11) is optionally modified, a radiofrequency transmission from the portable microcomputer (26) to the receiver of the central computer (22) informing the central computer (22) of changes. 3. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that, following stages (B) (b) or (B) (c), the round is interrupted, a radiofrequency transmission from the portable microcomputer (26) to the receiver of the central computer (22) informing the latter of the interruption. 4. Process according to claim 3, characterized in that, following an interruption, the round is optionally resumed from any random collection point (12). 5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the validation of a collection point (12) consists of reading a bar code associated with the collection point (12). 6. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that a file of collection points (12) and their location on the site (5) also containing a list of sensors (10) and equipments (11) grouped at each collection point (12) is recorded in the central computer (22). 7. Process according to claim 6, characterized in that the sequence constituting the round is determined on the basis of said file. 8. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the sequence constituting the round is chosen from among a list of previously established sequences recorded in the central computer (22). 9. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that a theoretical time necessary to the path between each collection point (12) is recorded in the central computer (22) and, during the round, following each individual a clock is triggered by the central computer (22) and if the following validation has not taken place when the theoretical time has elapsed, an alarm is triggered by the central computer (22).