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ESTIMATION OF INHALATION RADIATION DOSES ASSOCIATED WITH A 90SR DIRTY BOMB EVENT
The initial stage of dispersion of 90Sr radiological dispersion device (dirty bomb) in a terrorist event was investigated on the basis of a numerical...
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NUCLEAR MATERIAL SECURITY NEEDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Since September 11, 2001 there has been a fundamental transition in the way we view radiological sources and devices in our environment. Ionizing...
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THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS IN THE VULNERABILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
The nuclear power plants (NPPs) world-wide are generally very robustly designed and constructed, capable to stand very extreme conditions. Small...
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ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THE REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL TO EXTERNAL THREATS
Nuclear power plants have long been recognized as potential targets of terrorist attacks, and critics have long questioned the adequacy of the...
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STATUS OF THE RODOS SYSTEM FOR OFF-SITE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AFTER NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS
Under the auspices of its Euratom Research Framework Programmes, the European Commission (EC) has supported the development of the comprehensive...
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Analysis of Selected Structures for Model-Based Measuring Methods Using Fuzzy Logic
Monitoring and diagnosis of safety-related technical processes in nuclear engineering can be improved with the help of intelligent methods of signal...
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A Possibilistic Approach to Target Classification
This chapter describes an alternative to the Bayesian approach to target classification that is based on possibility theory. A possibilistic...
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Controlling Neutron Power of a TRIGA Mark III Research Nuclear Reactor with Fuzzy Adaptation of the Set of Output Membership Functions
A fuzzy method is developed to obtain the set of output membership functions (SOMF) to be used in the defuzzification process of a typical fuzzy rule...
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Continued Fractions in Time Series Forecsting
Through their ergodic properties, continued fractions provide a fascinating example of a dynamical system whose properties we attempt to encode in a...
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Regularization Methods for Inferential Sensing in Nuclear Power Plants
Inferential sensing is the use of information related to a plant parameter to infer its actual value. The most common method of inferential sensing...
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Optimal Operation Planning of Radioactive Waste Processing System by Fuzzy Theory
This study is concerned with the applications of linear goal programming and fuzzy theory to the analysis of management and operational problems in...
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Neural Networks in Signal Processing
Nuclear Engineering has matured during the last decade. In research & design, control, supervision, maintenance and production, mathematical models...
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A Fuzzy Controller for the Real Time Supervision of Nuclear Power Reactors
We describe the development of a real time fuzzy controller aimed at an adequate core axial power distribution inside a pressurized water reactor...
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Diagnosis of Unanticipated Plant Component Faults in a Portable Expert System
We describe the first-principles-based PRODIAG expert system for on-line plant-level diagnosis of component faults in thermal-hydraulic processes....
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Adaptive Fuzzy Control for a Simulation of Hydraulic Analogy of a Nuclear Reactor
In the framework of the on-going R&D project on fuzzy control applications to the Belgian Reactor I (BR1) at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre...
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NPP Operator Support in Decision Making — Diagnostics of the Operation Failures Using Fuzzy Logic
In large complex systems such as nuclear power plants (NPP) and chemical industry plants, various subsystems fulfil the needs of process control and...
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Genetic Algorithms Applied to the Nuclear Power Plant Operation
Nuclear power plant operation often involves very important human decisions, such as actions to be taken after a nuclear accident/transient, or...
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Logic-Based Hierarchies for Modeling Behavior of Complex Dynamic Systems with Applications
Most complex systems are best represented in the form of a hierarchy. The Goal Tree Success Tree and Master Logic Diagram (GTST-MLD) are proven...
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Reactor Controller Design Using Genetic Algorithms with Simulated Annealing
This chapter presents a digital control system for ITU TRIGA Mark-II reactor using genetic algorithms with simulated annealing. The basic principles...
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Neuro-Fuzzy Control Applications in Pressurized Water Reactors
In large-scale systems like nuclear systems, automation frees operators from vigilance over routine and tedious tasks by emulating the human...