Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants

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 of more than 50 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is also editor of a book on the history of Energy edited by the Italian Encyclopaedia Treccani in 2013.

• PART 1 Fundamental topics1. In the form of an introduction2. Principles of I&C systems for nuclear plants3. Fundamentals of analog I&C systems4. Fundamentals of digital I&C systems5. Fundamentals of linear systems: analysis and control6. Control of nuclear power plantsPART 2 Advanced topics7. Advanced control system: theory and application to nuclear reactors8. Modeling of intelligent control systems in nuclear power plants9. Control system design of nuclear applications: from theory to realization 55710. I&C safety standards and codes11. I&C inspection and regulatory control11.1 IAEA safety standards and regulatory control11.2 Legal authority11.3 Regulatory functions and processes11.4 Authorization11.5 Regulatory review and assessment11.6 Regulatory inspection and enforcement12. Radiation monitoring in the working areas13. Instrumentation for nuclear waste repository monitoring14. Electrical systems15. Reliability analysis of nuclear instrumentation and control systems16. Environmental considerations in the qualification of monitoringinstruments for severe accidents17. Plasma diagnostics techniques for thermonuclear fusion reactors18. Nuclear I&C systems current trends and future challengesAppendix A: Recalls of known factsAppendix B: Useful canonical formsAppendix C: Some properties of the block matricesAppendix D: Some properties of linear operators