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  • Advancing Nuclear Energy with Precise Data Insights

    Researchers in nuclear energy conduct highly complex experiments for developing reliable, commercially viable reactors and face increasing pressure to meet evolving regulations and requirements. To make these experiments successful, scientists and researchers depend on immediate, precise insights into reactor and subsystem performance, requiring fast data processing, extensive recordkeeping, and the ability to synchronously handle large volumes of signals from distributed and varied sources.

 
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Integrate Data Systems for Nuclear Applications

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NI delivers a high-performance, software-connected platform that empowers researchers to collect synchronized, meaningful data for evaluating reactor reliability and safety. Our modular systems support high channel counts, real-time control, and seamless integration with frameworks like Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). Designed for scalability and adaptability, NI solutions support everything from early-stage research to full-scale testing across a range of reactor technologies including traditional designs, small and modular reactors (SMRs), and microreactors.

Understand Reactor Performance From Research to Operation

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NI data acquisition, control, and measurement solutions include CompactRIO and PXI platforms. These high-performance systems offer many benefits:

  • High-computing power, high channel density, and deterministic high-speed link communications to run advanced physics models for precise measurements—helping prove experiment success to secure funding.
  • Programmable FPGA for real-time edge processing and sub-nano second, low-latency synchronization across all channels—enabling quick understanding of reactor conditions and capturing transient events.
  • Modularity and scalability to adapt to evolving requirements—ensuring future-proof systems and cost savings.
  • LabVIEW graphical programming to accelerate real-time and FPGA development—streamlining data collection and continuous monitoring to maintain compliance and optimize processes.

Related Products & Solutions

CompactRIO was an ideal solution because it was the only modular embedded control and monitoring system on the market where we can have full control of the source code that defines the system functionality.

Odd Oyvind Andreassen

CERN

  • Tokamak Energy Transforms Control

    Tokamak Energy used NI LabVIEW and NI CompactRIO to build a scalable, integrated control system for the ST40 tokamak, advancing toward sustainable fusion energy.

  • NIFS Team Stabilizes Fusion Plasma

    Using NI CompactRIO with FPGA and NI LabVIEW, researchers at the National Institute for Fusion Science built a control system to sustain plasma for 48 minutes.

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Work with an NI Partner

The NI Partner Network is a global community of domain, application, and test experts working with NI to meet your needs. NI Partners are trusted solution providers, systems integrators, consultants, product developers, and services- and sales-channel experts skilled in a range of industry and application areas.

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Additional Resources

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Beam Position Monitoring and Control Electronics Solution Brief

The NI Beam Positioning Monitoring and Control Solution enables you to perform demanding measurements from many channels and use high-speed signal processing for closed-loop control.
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image of nuclear tokamak

Tokamak Diagnostic Data Acquisition Systems Solution Brief

The Tokamak Diagnostic Data Acquisition System provides customized diagnostics with high-performance measurement and signal processing.
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