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This book gathers selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in Chengdu, China on August 23–25, 2017. The symposium provided a platform of technical exchange and experience sharing for a broad range of experts, scholars and nuclear power practitioners.  The book reflects the state of the art and latest trends in nuclear instrumentation and control system technologies, as well as China’s growing influence in this area. It offers a valuable resource for both practitioners and academics working in the field of nuclear instrumentation, control systems and other safety-critical systems, as well as nuclear power plant managers, public officials and regulatory authorities. From the Back Cover This book gathers selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in Chengdu, China on August 23–25, 2017. The symposium provided a platform of technical exchange and experience sharing for a broad range of experts, scholars and nuclear power practitioners.  The book reflects the state of the art and latest trends in nuclear instrumentation and control system technologies, as well as China’s growing influence in this area. It offers a valuable resource for both practitioners and academics working in the field of nuclear instrumentation, control systems and other safety-critical systems, as well as nuclear power plant managers, public officials and regulatory authorities. About the Author 1. Prof. Yang Xu is currently Associate Professor and Ph.D. Advisor at Department Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degree from Engineering Physics Department from Tsinghua University in 1998, 2000 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Xu worked for Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University from year 2003 to 2014. After that, he returned to Engineering Physics Department. Since Dec. 2010, he served as Associate Professor, and National Registered Consulting Engineer. Dr. Xu’s research focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle and instrument control direction. He has directed, participated and finished several projects on this area, such as "Study on Common Cause Failure of Digital Instrument", "Standards and Literature's Research of Digital Control Room Modernization Program", "Seismic stability Design, Identification and Verification for Large LCD screen for Nuclear P ower Plant", " Expert System for Numerical Operation of Nuclear Power Plant", and so on. His research work has won the third-grade prize of national defense science and technology.  2. Feng Gao is the Executive Director of China Nuclear Power Design Co., Ltd (Shenzhen), and he has been with the company for the past 13 years. Mr. Gao received the M.E. degree in industrial engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Feng Gao’s research areas include the electrical technology, software testing and digital instrument and control system of nuclear power plants. He has taken part in the design, qualification, installation and checkout of TXP and TXS platforms. He has won the First Prize in Science and Technology of China Instrument and Control Society and the First Prize of Excellence Engineering Design award of Nuclear Industry, as well as the Outstanding Engineering Consulting Award in Power Industry a nd the Ministry of Nuclear Industry. 3. Weihua Chen is Director of the Instrument and Control Department at China Nuclear Power Design Co., Ltd (Shenzhen). He received the B.E. degrees in automation instrument from Beijing University of Science and Technology, China in 1995 and became senior engineer in 2005. Weihua Chen’s areas of research interest in