prevent single failures or anticipated events from escalating into plant shutdowns, trips, or accidents endangering plant equipment, personnel, and the public. Typical examples include feedwater and ...

The work includes replacement of the unit control systems of the primary and secondary circuits on all four generating units at the Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. (Image: CEZ) The ...

Japanese industrial automation specialist Yokogawa Electric Corporation is to provide the data processing and control systems for the initial Rolls-Royce SMR small modular reactor units. Ruth Todd ...

Idaho National Laboratory researchers have built the first microreactor control system in decades, replacing the traditional sliding control rods found in conventional nuclear plants with a set of ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly integral to the design, operation and safety of nuclear power systems. Machine learning methodologies are employed across the plant life cycle, from reactor ...

Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign systems, insulated from external influence and designed to survive in the most ...

Review Plan is currently in progress to fully adapt it and the associated regulatory guides, branch technical positions, and USNRC endorsements of industry standards to digital I&C systems. Note that ...