Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control

Readings

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
L1	Introduction Nuclear Power Plant Layout Reactor Startup; Operation While Critical	Background Information on Control Engineering (PDF) Nuclear Power Plant Layout (PDF) Subcritical Multiplication and Reactor Startup (PDF - 3.2 MB)
L2	Reactor Operation at Power Reactor Design Features Basic Approaches to Process Control	Reactor Operation at Power (PDF - 3.3 MB) Design Features of Reactor Control (PDF) Approaches to Process Control (PDF) Bernard, J. A. “Light Water Reactor Control Systems.” In Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Edited by J. G. Webster. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1999. ISBN: 9780471139461. ———. “Use of a Rule-Based System for Process Control.” IEEE Control Systems 8, no. 5 (October 1988): 3-13.
Lab	Use of MIT Research Reactor (Instructors: E. Lau and F. Warmsley)
L3	Reactivity Constraint Approach; Period Generated Control	Controller System to Aid Diagnostics (PDF) Bernard, J. A, A. F. Henry, and D. D. Lanning. “Application of the “Reactivity Constraint Approach” to Automatic Reactor Control.” Nuclear Science and Engineering 98 (1988): 87-95. (PDF - 2.4 MB) (c) J. A. Bernard. Bernard, J. A., and D. D. Lanning. “Considerations in the Design and Implementation of Control Laws for the Digital Operation of Research Reactors.” Nuclear Science and Engineering 110 (1992): 425-444. (PDF - 5.2 MB) (c) J. A. Bernard.
L4	Light Water Reactor Startup	Light-Water Reactor Startup/Shutdown (PDF)