Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants

A complete resource on modern I&C systems for nuclear power plants, from their design to their implementation

Mauro Cappelli (Edited by)

9780081028360, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2023

1112 pages, Approx. 350 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 6.6 cm, 1 kg

Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants provides the latest innovative research on
the design of effective modern I&C systems for both existing and newly commissioned plants, along with
information on system implementation. Dr. Cappelli and his team of expert contributors cover fundamentals,
explore the most advanced research in control systems technology, and tackle topics such as the human–
machine interface, control room redesign, and control modeling. The inclusion of codes and standards,
inspection procedures, and regulatory issues ensure that the reader can confidently design their own I&C
systems and integrate them into existing nuclear sites and projects.

PART 1 Fundamental topics
1. In the form of an introduction
2. Principles of I&C systems for nuclear plants
3. Fundamentals of analog I&C systems
4. Fundamentals of digital I&C systems
5. Fundamentals of linear systems: analysis and control
6. Control of nuclear power plants
PART 2 Advanced topics
7. Advanced control system: theory and application to nuclear reactors
8. Modeling of intelligent control systems in nuclear power plants
9. Control system design of nuclear applications: from theory to realization 557
10. I&C safety standards and codes
11. I&C inspection and regulatory control
11.1 IAEA safety standards and regulatory control
11.2 Legal authority
11.3 Regulatory functions and processes
11.4 Authorization
11.5 Regulatory review and assessment
11.6 Regulatory inspection and enforcement
12. Radiation monitoring in the working areas
13. Instrumentation for nuclear waste repository monitoring
14. Electrical systems
15. Reliability analysis of nuclear instrumentation and control systems
16. Environmental considerations in the qualification of monitoring
instruments for severe accidents
17. Plasma diagnostics techniques for thermonuclear fusion reactors
18. Nuclear I&C systems current trends and future challenges
Appendix A: Recalls of known facts
Appendix B: Useful canonical forms
Appendix C: Some properties of the block matrices
Appendix D: Some properties of linear operators

Subject Areas: Nuclear power & engineering [THK]