The Instrumentation and Control Fundamentals Handbook was developed to assist nuclear
facility operating contractors provide operators, maintenance personnel, and the technical staff with
the necessary fundamentals training to ensure a basic understanding of instrumentation and control
systems. The handbook includes information on temperature, pressure, flow, and level detection
systems; position indication systems; process control systems; and radiation detection principles.
This information will provide personnel with an understanding of the basic operation of various
types of DOE nuclear facility instrumentation and control systems.
The DOE Fundamentals Handbooks represent the needs of various DOE nuclear facilities'
fundamentals training requirements. To increase their applicability to nonreactor nuclear facilities,
the Reactor Operator Fundamentals Manual learning objectives were distributed to the Nuclear
Facility Training Coordination Program Steering Committee for review and comment. To update
their reactor-specific content, DOE Category A reactor training managers also reviewed and
commented on the content. On the basis of feedback from these sources, information that applied
to two or more DOE nuclear facilities was considered generic and was included. The final draft
of each of these handbooks was then reviewed by these two groups. This approach has resulted
in revised modular handbooks that contain sufficient detail such that each facility may adjust the
content to fit their specific needs.
Volume 1 of 2
Module 1 - Temperature Detectors
This module describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for various
types of temperature detectors and indication circuits.
Module 2 - Pressure Detectors
This module describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for various
types of pressure detectors and indication circuits.
Module 3 - Level Detectors
This module describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for various
types of level detectors and indication circuits.
Module 4 - Flow Detectors
This module describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for various
types of flow detectors and indication circuits.
Module 5 - Position Indicators
This module describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for various
types of position indicators and control circuits.
Volume 2 of 2
Module 6 - Radiation Detectors
This module describes the principles of radiation detection, detector operation,
circuit operation, and specific radiation detector applications.
Module 7 - Principles of Control Systems
This module describes the principles of operation for control systems used in
evaluating and regulating changing conditions in a process.
The information contained in this handbook is by no means all encompassing. An attempt
to present the entire subject of instrumentation and control would be impractical. However, the
Instrumentation and Control handbook does present enough information to provide the reader
with a fundamental knowledge level sufficient to understand the advanced theoretical concepts
presented in other subject areas, and to better understand basic system and equipment operations.
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