| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction Nuclear Power Plant Layout Reactor Startup; Operation While Critical | Background Information on Control Engineering (PDF)# Nuclear Power Plant Layout (PDF)# Subcritical Multiplication and Reactor Startup (PDF - 3.2 MB)# |
| L2 | Reactor Operation at Power Reactor Design Features Basic Approaches to Process Control | Reactor Operation at Power (PDF - 3.3 MB)# Design Features of Reactor Control (PDF)# Approaches to Process Control (PDF)#  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 (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. (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. (PDF - 5.2 MB)# (c) J. A. Bernard. |
| L4 | Light Water Reactor Startup | Light-Water Reactor Startup/Shutdown (PDF)# |
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