Small Modular Reactor Digital Infrastructures for Safety and Security: Assessment and Provision

Small modular reactor (SMR) projects in the United States, Canada, and Europe are rapidly evolving into high‑tech critical energy infrastructure designed to boost generation capacity while lowering construction costs and strengthening energy resilience. As SMRs adopt highly integrated digital technologies, they introduce new safety and cybersecurity challenges across their digital ecosystems. These interconnected systems form a complex digital infrastructure that must manage emerging risks tied to big data flows, autonomous monitoring, and the growing use of intelligent devices. Ensuring dependable operation requires robust architecture, secure data environments, and predictive capabilities that support continuous diagnostics, maintenance, and lifecycle management. Together, these elements define the digital backbone necessary for safe, secure, and resilient SMR deployment. Small Modular Reactor Digital Infrastructures for Safety and Security: Assessment and Provision is a critical emerging resource concerning the development of methodological foundations, models, methods and information technology (IT) to support the development of requirements, assessment and assurance of cyber security and functional safety of the SMR digital infrastructure that is presented and analyzed as an integrated system of systems. This book explores the challenges related to SMR digital infrastructure and provides the methodological foundation for SMR safety and security assessment and assurance. Covering topics such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), next-gen nuclear science, and integrated radiation safety, this book is an excellent academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, engineers, researchers, industry specialists, policymakers, and more.