Nuclear Power: Control, Reliability and Human Factors

✍ Scribed by Pavel Tsvetkov (ed.)

• Publisher: InTech
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 439
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book consists chapters on topics from key subject areas pertinent to instrumentation and control, operation reliability, system aging and human-machine interfaces. The book targets a broad potential readership group - students, researchers and specialists in the field - who are interested in learning about nuclear power. Advances in reactor designs, materials and human-machine interfaces guarantee safety and reliability of emerging reactor technologies, eliminating possibilities for high-consequence human errors as those which have occurred in the past. New instrumentation and control technologies based in digital systems, novel sensors and measurement approaches facilitate safety, reliability and economic competitiveness of nuclear power options. Autonomous operation scenarios are becoming increasingly popular to consider for small modular systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Nuclear Power – Control, Reliability and Human Factors......Page 2
©......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Part 1 Instrumentation and Control......Page 12
1 Sensor Devices with High Metrological Reliability......Page 14
2 Multi-Version FPGA-Based Nuclear Power Plant I&C Systems: Evolution of Safety Ensuring......Page 38
3 Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control......Page 60
4 Design Considerations for the Implementation of a Mobile IP Telephony System in a Nuclear Power Plant......Page 78
5 Smart Synergistic Security Sensory Network for Harsh Environments: Net4S......Page 96
6 An Approach to Autonomous Control for Space Nuclear Power Systems......Page 112
7 Radiation-Hard and Intelligent Optical Fiber Sensors for Nuclear Power Plants......Page 130
8 Monitoring Radioactivity in the Environment Under Routine and Emergency Conditions......Page 156
9 Origin and Detection of Actinides: Where Do We Stand with the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Technique?......Page 178
Part 2 Reliability and Failure Mechanisms......Page 198
10 Evaluation of Dynamic J-R Curve for Leak Before Break Design of Nuclear Reactor Coolant Piping System......Page 200
11 Feed Water Line Cracking in Pressurized Water Reactor Plants......Page 218
12 Degradation Due to Neutron Embrittlement of Nuclear Vessel Steels: A Critical Review about the Current Experimental and Analytical Techniques to Characterise the Material, with Particular Emphasis on Alternative Methodologies......Page 226
13 Corrosion Monitoring of the Steam Generators of V-th and VI-th Energy Blocks of Nuclear Power Plant “Kozloduy”......Page 250
14 Collapse Behavior of Moderately Thick Tubes Pressurized from Outside......Page 268
15 Resistance of 10GN2MFA-A Low Alloy Steel to Stress Corrosion Cracking in High Temperature Water......Page 286
Part 3 Component Aging......Page 298
16 Aging Evaluation for the Extension of Qualified Life of Nuclear Power Plant Equipment......Page 300
17 Non-Destructive Testing for Ageing Management of Nuclear Power Components......Page 322
Part 4 Plant Operation and Human Factors......Page 350
18 Human Aspects of NPP Operator Teamwork......Page 352
19 The Human Factors Approaches to Reduce Human Errors in Nuclear Power Plants......Page 388
20 Virtual Control Desks for Nuclear Power Plants......Page 404
21 Risk Assessment in Accident Prevention Considering Uncertainty and Human Factor Influence......Page 418

✦ Subjects

Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Ядерная и термоядерная энергетика;