PART 1 Fundamental topics 1. In the form of an introduction 2. Principles of I&C systems for nuclear plants 3. Fundamentals of analog I&C systems 4. Fundamentals of digital I&C systems 5. Fundamentals of linear systems: analysis and control 6. Control of nuclear power plants PART 2 Advanced topics 7. Advanced control system: theory and application to nuclear reactors 8. Modeling of intelligent control systems in nuclear power plants 9. Control system design of nuclear applications: from theory to realization 557 10. I&C safety standards and codes 11. I&C inspection and regulatory control 11.1 IAEA safety standards and regulatory control 11.2 Legal authority 11.3 Regulatory functions and processes 11.4 Authorization 11.5 Regulatory review and assessment 11.6 Regulatory inspection and enforcement 12. Radiation monitoring in the working areas 13. Instrumentation for nuclear waste repository monitoring 14. Electrical systems 15. Reliability analysis of nuclear instrumentation and control systems 16. Environmental considerations in the qualification of monitoring instruments for severe accidents 17. Plasma diagnostics techniques for thermonuclear fusion reactors 18. Nuclear I&C systems current trends and future challenges Appendix A: Recalls of known facts Appendix B: Useful canonical forms Appendix C: Some properties of the block matrices Appendix D: Some properties of linear operators