A nearly autonomous management and control (NAMAC) system is designed to furnish
recommendations to operators for achieving particular goals based on NAMAC's knowledge …

Abstract Context Software Reliability (SR) is a highly active and dynamic research area.
Published papers have approached this topic from various and heterogeneous points of …

This paper develops a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control (NAMAC) system for
advanced reactors. The development process of NAMAC is characterized by a three layer …

Replacing the existing aging analog instrumentation and control (I&C) systems with modern
safety control and protection, digital technology offers one of the foremost means of …

This work presents a novel, integrated approach to the reliability analysis of digital
instrumentation and control systems by incorporating Bayesian belief network (BBN), human …

To assess the risk of nuclear power plant operation and to determine the risk impact of
digital systems, there is a need to quantitatively assess the reliability of the digital systems in …

Most of the existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the world rely on traditional analog
instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for monitoring, control, and protection functions …

This report documents the activities performed by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) during
fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Light Water Reactor …

As I&C systems in NPPs are being replaced with digital-based systems, the need for cost-
effective safety-critical software engineering plans has been received increased attention …

Digital instrumentation and control (I&C) upgrades are a vital research area for the nuclear
industry. Despite their performance benefits, deployment of digital I&C in nuclear power …