DOE · DOE-559 · record R3414

Nuclear Safety Analysis

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: High-impactSource: a) High-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: Not reported
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

Safety, risk, and reliability analysis is performed by reactor designers, developers, and plant operators to ensure safe design and operation of the reactor and the plant; and is required by the regulators as part of license application. Performing s

Expected benefits

The outcome of this effort will provide a tool to the safety analysis teams which will enable them to automate creating the risk models resulting in significant reduction in time spent on performing safety analysis, writing SARs, and conducting the regulatory review of safety case.

System outputs

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Fault tree analysis Creating risk assessment models

Technology

AI classification: Other
System name(s): Not reported
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): Not available
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: No
Demographic features: Not reported
Training and evaluation data: Not reported
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