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Argonne scientists use AI to detect hidden defects in stainless steel
Imagine you’re constructing a bridge or designing an airplane, and everything appears flawless on the outside. However, microscopic flaws beneath the surface could weaken the entire structure over time.
These hidden defects can be difficult to detect with traditional inspection methods, but a new technology developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is changing that. Using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging techniques, researchers have developed a method to reveal these tiny flaws before they become critical problems.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301D
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Nancy J. Lybeck
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Generative Model for Sensor Fault Detection in Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Jeonghun Choi (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Bridging the Data-Model Gap for HRA: Creating Bayesian Networks from HRA Data
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Vincent Philip Paglioni (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
Implementing Component Degradations into a Modelica Model of an iPWR System to Develop Health Monitoring Techniques
1:50–2:15PM EDT
David Anderson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Dynamic Model Agnostic Reliability Evaluation of Machine-Learning Models Integrated in Instrumentation and Control Systems
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Edward Chen (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Nam Dinh (NCSU)
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