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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
Volume 209, Issue 3, Pages 276-294Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2022.2067461
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Human factors; human errors; nuclear power plants; artificial intelligence; operator support systems
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Human factors and ergonomics have made a significant impact on the safety and performance of operators in the nuclear energy industry. This critical review explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can mitigate human errors and enhance operators' safety and performance in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The review discusses the introduction of AI in different operator support systems and identifies its limitations and challenges for future research directions.
Human factors and ergonomics have played an essential role in increasing the safety and performance of operators in the nuclear energy industry. In this critical review, we examine how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can be leveraged to mitigate human errors, thereby improving the safety and performance of operators in nuclear power plants (NPPs). First, we discuss the various causes of human errors in NPPs. Next, we examine the ways in which AI has been introduced to and incorporated into different types of operator support systems to mitigate these human errors. We specifically examine (1) operator support systems, including decision support systems, (2) sensor fault detection systems, (3) operation validation systems, (4) operator monitoring systems, (5) autonomous control systems, (6) predictive maintenance systems, (7) automated text analysis systems, and (8) safety assessment systems. Finally, we provide some of the shortcomings of the existing AI technologies and discuss the challenges still ahead for their further adoption and implementation to provide future research directions.
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