[2K13-17] Advanced Technologies for Operational Management, Inspection and Maintenance of Reactor 2

[2K15] Concept of the Nuclear Digital Industry for the Society 5.0

(3) Challenges Related to the Introduction of Digital Technology into Nuclear Power Plants

*Hiroki Sugino¹, Masaki Kawai¹, Tomomichi Uegata¹, Junji Etoh¹, Shigeo Kodama², Masaaki Mori², Noriyuki Yamamoto³, Hiroaki Karibe³, Masaki Nakano³, Kazuyuki Demachi⁴ (1. MRI, 2. NEL, 3. NEC, 4. UTokyo)

Keywords:digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Nuclear power plant

The purpose of this study is to establish a "common understanding" (direction to aim for, challenges to address, etc.) for the domestic nuclear power industry and the digital industry to actively introduce digital technology to domestic nuclear power plants in the future. As a result of domestic and international literature research, power plant needs research (based on publicly available information), and discussions in the study group, the following major issues were identified as the main challenges for the introduction of digital technology to nuclear power plants: building big data, upgrading cyber security, establishing AI (artificial intelligence)/ML (machine learning) reliability assessment methods, securing human resources, and increasing motivation.