Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for New Facilities and Modernization of Existing Research Reactors

Book excerpt: This publication draws on the results of a technical meeting which addressed key areas of modernization projects for instrumentation and control (I&C) systems in research reactors. The meeting provided a forum for international experts to exchange information on the technical and managerial aspects of I&C systems and modernisation projects specifically related to I&C and to discuss all technical areas relevant to the complex process of research reactor I&C system modernization and the use of digital I&C in new research reactor projects. The publication includes a summary of all papers and provides detailed guidance to research reactor operators intending on upgrading existing facilities from analogue to digital or older digital to newer digital technology, and to governments or agencies seeking to construct a new research facility with the latest digital I&C systems.