Uncertainty quantification and software risk analysis for digital twins in the nearly autonomous management and control systems: A review

L Lin, H Bao, N Dinh - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A nearly autonomous management and control (NAMAC) system is designed to furnish
recommendations to operators for achieving particular goals based on NAMAC's knowledge …

Quantitative evaluation of common cause failures in high safety-significant safety-related digital instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants

H Bao, H Zhang, T Shorthill, E Chen… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital instrumentation and control (DI&C) systems at nuclear power plants (NPPs) have
many advantages over analog systems. They are proven to be more reliable, cheaper, and …

A novel approach for software reliability analysis of digital instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants

T Shorthill, H Bao, H Zhang, H Ban - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel, integrated approach to the reliability analysis of digital
instrumentation and control systems by incorporating Bayesian belief network (BBN), human …

Quantitative Risk Analysis of High Safety Significant Safety-related Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants using IRADIC Technology

H Bao, H Zhang, T Shorthill, E Chen - 2021 - osti.gov
This report documents the activities performed by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) during
fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Light Water Reactor …

A redundancy-guided approach for the hazard analysis of digital instrumentation and control systems in advanced nuclear power plants

T Shorthill, H Bao, H Zhang, H Ban - Nuclear Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Digital instrumentation and control (I&C) upgrades are a vital research area for the nuclear
industry. Despite their performance benefits, deployment of digital I&C in nuclear power …

Operational safety hazard identification methodology for automated driving systems fleets

C Correa-Jullian, M Ramos… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The safety of Automated Driving Systems (ADS) operating as Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
depends on multiple factors in addition to the vehicle's functionality, reliability, and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on the thermal characteristics of electronic system and prediction of chip temperature by machine learning

F Wang, D Wang, Q Deng, H Yan, Q Chen… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this work, the thermal characteristics and steady-state temperatures (SST) of CPU and
FPGA of electronic system in nuclear power plant are explored. Finite element analysis is …

Analysis of cascading probabilistic common cause failures

C Wang, Y Lie, L Xing, Q Guan… - Quality and Reliability …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Common cause failures may contribute significantly to the reliability of a system and has
attracted considerable research attentions. However, the existing models often assumed …

Batch deterministic and stochastic petri nets modeling for reliability quantification for safety critical systems of nuclear power plants

NK Jyotish, LK Singh, C Kumar, P Singh - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Safety-critical systems (SCS) are essential in maintaining and controlling the nuclear power
plant (NPP) facilities, providing feedback on the plant's conditions, and safeguarding it from …

An integrated risk assessment process of safety-related digital I&C systems in nuclear power plants

H Zhang, H Bao, T Shorthill, E Quinn - Nuclear Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Upgrading the existing analog instrumentation and control (I&C) systems to state-of-the-art
digital I&C (DI&C) systems will greatly benefit existing light water reactors. However, the …