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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Article considers incorporation of AI into nuclear power plant operations
The potential application of artificial intelligence to the operation of nuclear power plants is explored in an article published in late December in the Washington Examiner. The article, written by energy and environment reporter Callie Patteson, presents the views of a number of experts, including Yavuz Arik, a strategic energy consultant.
Shih-Jen Wang, Chun-Sheng Chien, Shih-Hsiin Chang, Suh-Chyn Jeng
Nuclear Technology | Volume 106 | Number 3 | June 1994 | Pages 397-406
Technical Paper | Reactor Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34969
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Based on the boiling water reactor plant analyzer of Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Chinshan plant analyzer of Taiwan Power Company, the Kuosheng plant analyzer was developed for the Kuosheng nuclear power station. This work verifies the feedwater system models with a downcomer level setpoint change transient. A transient induced by a step change in the downcomer level setpoint is simulated with the Kuosheng plant analyzer and is compared with test data. Discrepancies are found in the response of the feedwater system. Mathematical models of the feedwater system are revised, and the associated key parameters are identified from plant data with the simplex search method. After revision, the predicted results show good agreement with the test data.