Cyber Security and Safety of Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems

Safety and security are crucial to the operations of nuclear power plants, but cyber threats to these facilities are increasing significantly. Instrumentation and control systems, which play a vital role in the prevention of these incidents, have seen major design modifications with the implementation of digital technologies. Advanced computing systems are assisting in the protection and safety of nuclear power plants; however, significant research on these computational methods is deficient. Cyber Security and Safety of Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the digital developments of instrumentation and control systems for assuring the safety and security of nuclear power plants. While highlighting topics such as accident monitoring systems, classification measures, and UAV fleets, this publication explores individual cases of security breaches as well as future methods of practice. This book is ideally designed for engineers, industry specialists, researchers, policymakers, scientists, academicians, practitioners, and students involved in the development and operation of instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants, chemical and petrochemical industries, transport, and medical equipment.

Michael Yastrebenetsky, PhD, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Honored Laborer of Nuclear Energetics of Ukraine. Until 1992 - Head of Department "Reliability of Automated Control Systems" of the Central Scientific Research Institute of Complex Automation. Head of the Department "NPP Control and Information Systems Safety Analysis" of State Scientific and Technical Centre of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (1993-2015), Leading Researcher of this Department (2015- at the present time). Professor of the Department "Systems Analysis and Control" of the Kharkov National Technical University (1986- 2018). Author of 14 boors, 300 articles, 45 international and national standards and regulations on control systems. Organizer and Chair of 1-5 International Scientific Technical Conferences "NPP I&C Systems: Safety Aspects". President of International Association of Reliability specialists "Gnedenko-Forum" (2015- at the present time). Expert of International Electrotechnical Commission -Technical Committee "Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities" (2000- at the present time). Member of IAEA International Working Group in Control and Instrumentation (1999-2011).

Vyacheslav Kharchenko is Professor (1991), Doctor of Science (1995). Honor Inventor of Ukraine (1991). Leading researcher of the Department "NPP Control and Information Systems Safety Analysis" (1997-2008), Head of Computer Systems, Networks and Cyber security, National Aerospace University "KhAI", Kharkiv, Ukraine (2001- at the present time). Head of Centre for Safety Infrastructure-Oriented Research and Analysis, RPC Radiy (2007- at the present time). President of Ukrainian Scientific and Educational IT-Society (2018- at the present time). Supervisor of 50 PhD and DrS dissertations (defended). Invited researcher and professor (UK, 2004, 2016, 2017; Germany, 2006; Poland, 2020; Slovakia, 2010, 2019; USA, 2011). National coordinator of 10 EU projects on dependable computing, infrastructure safety and green IT-engineering. General Chair of Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT) Conferences (2006-2020). Author of 30 books and chapters (Springer, IGI-Global, River Publishers), 268 papers in Journals and Proceedings indexed by Web of Science and Scopus, more 700 patents,14 national and branch standards on NPP I&C and aerospace systems reliability and safety.