Fault tolerant radiation monitoring system using wireless sensor and actor network in a nuclear facility

Authors

  • Mohamed Yehia Habash Assistant Lecturer, Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
  • Nabil Mohamed Abd Elfatah Ayad Professor, Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
  • Abd Elhady Abd Elazim Ammar Professor, Electrical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Al azhar University

Abstract

In nuclear facilities, the reading of the sensors is very important in the assessments of the system state. The existence of an abnormal state could be caused by a failure in the sensor itself instead of a failure in the system. So, being unable to identify the main cause of the “abnormal state” and take proper actions may end in unnecessary shutdown for the nuclear facility that may have expensive economic consequences. That is why, it is extremely important for a supervision and control system to identify the case where the failure in the sensor is the main cause for the existence of an abnormal state. In this paper, a system based on a wireless sensor network is proposed to monitor the radiation levels around and inside a nuclear facility. A new approach for validating the sensor readings is proposed and investigated using the Castalia simulator.

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2024-04-19

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