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DOE · DOE-541 · record R3398

VIPER (Visualizaiton for Predictive Maintenance Recommendation)

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
Does not meet any requiremnts for high Impact use case
Start date
2024-09-01 (day precision)Source: 2024-09-01T00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Other
Operational functions
Forecasting and prediction, Clinical and medical Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

VIPER presents comprehensive system health diagnostics, explainability metrics, and actionable recommendations to system engineers at nuclear power plants, enabling informed decision-making through an easy-to-use visualization interface. A multi-mode

Expected benefits

reduce labor and costs to performance maintenance tasks in existing light water reactors

System outputs

system diagnostic and prognostic results, system decription and root cause explanations

Technology

AI classification
Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s)
api.hpc.inl.gov
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
sensor data from Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants, operated by PSEG NRC, EPRI, and INL public reports
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