Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Systems in Nuclear Power Plants: A Time of Transition - NTR2008 Supplement
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Progress in electronics and information technology (IT) has created incentives to replace traditional analog instrumentation and control (I&C) systems in nuclear power plants with digital I&C systems, i.e. systems based on computers and microprocessors. Digital systems offer higher reliability, better plant performance and additional diagnostic capabilities. Analog systems will gradually become obsolete in the general IT shift to digital technology. About 40% of the world’s operating reactors have been modernized to include at least some digital I&C systems. Most newer plants also include digital I&C systems.
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