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Cyber-Informed Engineering for Nuclear Reactor Digital Instrumentation and Control

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As nuclear reactors transition from analog to digital technology, the benefits of enhanced operational capabilities and improved efficiencies are potentially offset by cyber risks. Cyber-Informed Engineering (CIE) is an approach that can be used by engineers and staff to characterize and reduce new cyber risks in digital instrumentation and control systems. CIE provides guidance that can be applied throughout the entire systems engineering lifecycle, from conceptual design to decommissioning. In addition to outlining the use of CIE in nuclear reactor applications, this chapter provides a brief primer on nuclear reactor instrumentation and control and the associated cyber risks in existing light water reactors as well as the digital technology that will likely be used in future reactor designs and applications.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) Cybersecurity Crosscutting Technology Development Program
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1888502
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-21-65020-Rev000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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