Safety Control of Nuclear Power Operations Using Self-Programming Neural Networks

Nuclear Power Operations: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

“…If there is any one single point upon which all of the parties to the ongoing nuclear power debate agree, it is the importance of ensuring safe and reliable operation (10)(11)(12)44). Efforts to further this goal fall into three sets of require ments: first, that as much protection as possible be engineered into the technical systems (45,46); second, that regulation be comprehensive, pervasive, omni present, and detailed (11,32,33,35,42,47); third, that operations be config ured to minimize the potential for human error (25,(48)(49)(50)(51)(52). The resulting regulation of plant operations is unprecedented (53, 54), to the extent that there is some concern that regulatory behavior has played a major role in driving up operating costs both directly (55) and by the constraints imposed upon operational discretion (11, 56).…”

Fuzzy Automating Strategies of Emergency Operation for SGTR Accident in VVER 1000 Nuclear Reactor

“…In fact, procedural problems as causal factors in 69% of the reported events have cited by operators [3].The expert systems for procedure tracking are being developed or were developed in the nuclear field in order to overcome these procedural problems [4]. In addition, the feasibility of the operating procedure automation was investigated with its costs and benefits [5], and some researches has been done on operation automation [6]. An especially high level of plant automation has been achieved in Japanese NPP's where the range of automation has been extended in normal operation, plant startup and shutdown, abnormal conditions, and accidents [7]- [9].…”