Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems

This book presents a compilation of selected papers from the Fourth International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in August 2019 in Guiyang, China. The purpose of the symposium was to discuss inspection, testing, certification and research concerning the software and hardware of instrument and control (I&C) systems used at nuclear power plants (NPP), such as sensors, actuators and control systems. The event provides a venue for exchange among experts, scholars and nuclear power practitioners, as well as a platform for the combination of teaching and research at universities and enterprises to promote the safe development of nuclear power plants. Readers will find a wealth of valuable insights into achieving safer and more efficient instrumentation and control systems.

1. Dr. Yang Xu received his doctoral degree from the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2003. After obtaining his degrees, Dr. Xu worked for Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University from year 2003 to 2014; after that, he returned to the Department of Engineering Physics. Since December 2010, he served as Associate Professor and National Registered Consulting Engineer. Dr. Xu’s research focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle and instrument control. He has directed, participated and finished several projects on this area, such as “Study on Common Cause Failure of Digital Instrument”, “Standards and Literature's Research of Digital Control Room Modernization Program”, “Seismic stability Design, Identification and Verification for Large LCD screen for Nuclear Power Plant”, “Expert System for Numerical Operation of Nuclear Power Plant” and so on. His research work has won the third-grade prize of national defense science and technology.

2. Yongbin Sun works as Deputy General Manager of China Techenergy Co., Ltd, a researcher-level senior engineer mainly engaged in design and project management of nuclear power plant (NPP) digital instrument and control (I&C) systems. Mr. Sun undertook and completed 4 research projects of the National 863 Program, took over the I&C design work of 14 CPR1000 units and Yangjiang Units 5 & 6 and participated in the I&C design of EPR units. Mr. Sun is one of the team leaders in charge of preparation of the top standards in nuclear power I&C industry, which were organized the National Energy Administration (NEA). He is also a Leading Talent in Shenzhen.

3. Mr. Yanyang Liu was graduated from Engineering Physics Department of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1992. And Mr. Liu worked for Nuclear Power Institute of China from 1992 to now. Since December 2007, he served as Professor Senior Engineer. Since October 2013, he was appointed by the institute as chief expert in the field of reactor instrument and control. Mr. Yanyang Liu is engaged in the research and design of nuclear I&C more than 20 years, who has plenty experience in the field of in-core and ex-core nuclear instrumentation, reactor control, DCS and so on. The main project Mr. Liu had taken include design and research of I&C of Qinshan phase II and extension, Fangjiashan and Fuqing, development of the third generation in-core instrumentation system and DCS for ACP1000, and I&C system design and research of experiment nuclear facility.

4. Ms. Yanjun Wang got the bachelor’s degree from Electrical Engineering Department of Beijing Mechanical Engineering Institute in 1991 and got the master’s degree from Engineering Physics Department of Tsinghua University in 2010. From year 1991 up to now, she has been working in I&C Department of China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd. Ms. Yanjun Wang works on instrumentation and control systems design for nuclear power plants, and she had participated in many NPPs design. She had also taken the lead on drafting some standards, such as NB/T 20342-2015 and NB/T 20054-2011. She is the membership of IAEA I&C technical group, the membership of WGA7 of IEC45A. She had won several second- and third-grade prizes of China Nuclear Energy Association.

5. Dr. Pengfei Gu received the Ph.D. degree in Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Currently, he worked at China Nuclear Power Design Co., Ltd (Shenzhen). In recent years, he worked on software verification and validation of safety instrument and control system for nuclear power plants. Dr. Gu mainly focuses on the research of software verification and validation. His recent research interests include software aging management, software reliability analysis and the safety and security of software. He has won the first prize in Science and Technology of China Instrument and Control Society and China Patent Excellence Award.

6. Mr. Zheming Liu studied Enterprise Financial Accounting in Jilin College of Finance & Taxation and Computer Software and Applications at Jilin University between 1996 and 2013. Working as Special Assistant to secretariat of China Instrument and Control Society and Secretary General of Product Information Committee of China Instrument and Control Society from 2013, Mr. Liu organized forums, conferences, training, salons and exhibitions more than 200 times in instrumentation and petroleum field, pushing forward China Instrument and Control Society which now ranked one of the most professional organizations in this field. Working with professors and experts, Mr. Liu manages professional publications such as Manual of Petrochemical Engineering Measurement and Control, Processing Industries Automatic Measurement and Application, Manual of Petrochemical Machinery, New Techniques and Applications of Petrochemical Engineering.