Fuzzy logic controller for automatic nuclear power plant

In nuclear power reactors, power stabilization is the desired goal for any reactor. During the normal operation of the reactor, different changes in its operating conditions occur such as: fuel burn-up, xenon isotope production temperature evolution and/or environmental changes. Therefore, an automatic nuclear power reactor control is required to compensate the reactivity changes produced by such variations.Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controller (PID), and Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) schemes are discussed to achieve the optimal stabilization of power. Both PID and FLC controllers were developed as well as the reactor power plant model in order to analyze their performance. The simulation results show that FLC controller gives faster and better response