Operating control systems in advanced types of nuclear power plants

The report presented first gives a general description of operating control of the PHENIX reactor, covering the level of automaticity and the methods of data perception. The authors then describe the control of the core, the supervision of cooling and the detection of cladding rupture. A summary description is given of the evolution of the SUPER-PHENIX reactor from its PHENIX predecessor. As regards high temperature reactors, the report discusses control rods, the regulation of the flow of coolant gas, the system of emergency stoppage and the general systems for safety and output limitation, with special attention being paid to particular aspects of some of the control systems