Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy Series

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

Graduate students of nuclear engineering; Engineers with an MA/PhD in another conventional engineering discipline; electrical and electronic engineers with specialities in nuclear industry; practitioners in industry involved in nuclear system design; existing I&C professionals and specialists; Researchers requiring information on any one of the key topics discussed; National and International regulatory and standards bodies.

Mauro CAPPELLI, ENEA, The Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Rome, Italy; Center of Excellence DEWS, University of L’Aquila, Via Vetoio, L’Aquila, Italy. He is also Adjunct Professor of Instrumentation for Control of Energy Systems at the University of L’Aquila, and Affiliate at DEWS Center of Excellence, University of L’Aquila.

He received a Laurea degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Perugia, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome, a Master in Nuclear Safety at the University of Pisa, a Master in Fusion Energy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, two post-laurea specialization degrees in Technological Teaching at the University of Romatre, and a post-laurea certificate in Total Cost Management from the Bocconi University. After a post-doc at the University of Salento, he also worked as a Training Manager in the field of Defense Control Management Systems for Elsag-Datamat, where he led a team of teachers for the training of officers and petty officers of the Italian Navy.

Afterwards, he joined ENEA where he has been doing research on Instrumentation and Control Systems, Human Computer Interfaces, Radiofrequency Systems and Simulations tools mainly in the field of Nuclear Science and Engineering. From 2013 to 2015 he was Head of the Design and Experimental Engineering Laboratory, ENEA Casaccia Research Center in Rome. He has been involved in many working groups and projects dealing with I&C. He is currently ENEA Scientific Coordinator of the H2020 Modern2020 Project, ENEA Scientific Coordinator of the EC INSN Project, Chief Scientific Investigator for the IAEA Coordinated Research Project on Wireless Technology in Nuclear Power Plants, Coordinator of the Task for the Central Control System and Integrated Instrumentation for the EUROfusion Project WPENS (DONES), and a member of several projects at national and international level. He is author o