DOE · DOE-527 · record R3385
ACORN (Autonomous Operation for Reactor Technologies)
Department of Energy · NE INL - NE Idaho National Laboratory (NE)
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- currently focusing on reactor simulator or auxilary moderator displacement rod with minimal impacts on reactor safety
- Start date
- 2023-09-01 (day precision)Source: 2023-09-01T00:00:00
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Other
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
AI automatically identifies process models from simulation and operational data, solves for optimal control actions that can achieve user-defined objectives, executes actions and observes system responses
Expected benefits
reduce labor and costs to performance operation tasks in advanced reactors and microreactors
System outputs
optimal control actions
Technology
- AI classification
- Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
- System name(s)
- Not available
- Custom-developed code
- Yes
- Public source code
- Not available
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources
- Vendor (as reported)
- Open source development
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- Yes
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- Time series data from sensors or simulation results
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not available
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported