The use of fuzzy logic control in solving problems related to the control of nuclear research reactors

The fuzzy logic control technique is used in nuclear engineering technology, especially application to control the nuclear research reactors. Hence in an attempt to introduce the role of fuzzy logic in solving control problems and their postulation, we use one of the main idea of fuzzy logic control techniques for implementation on the first egyptian research reactor ETRR-1. We are to control not only the reactor power, but also upgrading the reactor control functions. Such as automation of the power compensation due to some aspects of fuel burn up, feedback reactivity and poisons effect by applying control action via one of the manual control rods. The control processes applied also to the core water temperature limits with taking into account the safety design rules to avoid shutdown or scram the reactor. Finally, it is developed a package of software program to simulate and implement the fuzzy logic control technique for the following applications; reactor power control, automatic power compensation control, and the control of core water temperature limits. During the reactor shift, some experiments are applied to the reactor and via the data acquisition system, we compare the calculation results of fuzzy logic control model and the deduction results from those experiments