NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Control, Instrumentation and Electrical Systems in Nuclear Power Plants

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Instrumentation & Control (I&C) systems are the brain and nerve systems for any nuclear power plant. Theirperformance ultimately determines the safety and operational efficiency of the plant. In the previous two termsof the NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair (IRC) program, Dr. Jin Jiang has excelled in the areas ofmodeling, control, and performance monitoring based on fieldbus and wireless technologies. We have built astrong research team and state-of-the-art facilities to support the research in this area. The goal of the researchin the third term of this IRC program is to further leverage the established infrastructure to improve safety andoperational efficiency of nuclear power plants, and to continue training outstanding HQP to supply Canadiannuclear industries with new leadership quality and new ideas.The proposed research can be divided into two main themes: (1) Advanced Control Systems; and (2)Performance Monitoring, both for nuclear power plants. The research under the first theme, Advanced ControlSystems, will be divided into safety systems and process control systems. Five topics will be investigated,including 1) predictive safety systems, 2) passive safety systems, 3) intelligent autonomous control, 4) controlfor SCWR, and 5) adoption of advanced technologies (fieldbus, wireless). Under the second theme, techniquesfor both pre-accident and post-accident condition monitoring systems will be examined. This theme consists offour topics: 1) wireless technologies for equipment health monitoring within a nuclear power plant, 2) smartdevices for plant condition monitoring, 3) environment monitoring, as well as 4) radiation monitoring in apost-accident condition where radiation hardened wireless sensor technologies will be investigated.It is expected that 21 highly qualified personnel will be trained through this program over the next 5 years.