TRENDS IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

摘要

Approaches to several recent issues in the operation of nuclear power plants using computational intelligence are discussed. These issues include 1) on-line monitoring and sensor validation, 2) regularization of ill-posed surveillance and diagnostic measurements, 3) artificial intelligence-based core monitoring and diagnostic systems, and 4) multi-agent-based anticipatory control for enhancing the safety and performance of Generation IV nuclear power plants during long-term semi-autonomous operation. It is expected that these approaches will be increasingly important as current generation nuclear power plants have their licenses extended to 60 years and Generation IV nuclear power plants operating semi-autonomously come on line.