Readings

SES # TOPICS READINGS
L1 Introduction

Nuclear Power Plant Layout

Reactor Startup; Operation While Critical		 Background Information on Control Engineering (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Nuclear Power Plant Layout (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Subcritical Multiplication and Reactor Startup (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 3.2 MB)
L2 Reactor Operation at Power

Reactor Design Features

Basic Approaches to Process Control		 Reactor Operation at Power (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 3.3 MB)

Design Features of Reactor Control (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Approaches to Process Control (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Buy at Amazon 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 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.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. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.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. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 5.2 MB) (c) J. A. Bernard.
L4 Light Water Reactor Startup Light-Water Reactor Startup/Shutdown (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)