Thanks to the use of generative methods and language models, as well as approaches known in the field of automatic inference, PRO-AID is able to take over some of the operators' tasks, relieving them and reducing the risk of human mistakes.
The latest trends show that the global boom on the use of artificial intelligence – from generative systems to analytical tools supplying data centers – will require more and more energy. This, in turn, contributes to the renaissance of nuclear energy, which provides stable, irritable power useful in supplying large data processing centers.
Some of the older nuclear blocks have a chance for a new life, if they are retrofitted with digital solutions supporting operators and automating diagnostic processes. However, it is not always easybecause excluding the reactor from the network for longer modernizations generates costs, and in the case of objects of several dozen years old, this is also associated with technological challenges.
However, there are many indications that investments in this type of tools can be profitable in the long run.
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AI can significantly improve efficiency
As Łukasz Nowacki, Strategic Advisor of Inventity and the AI expert at Neoteric, notes in an interview with Business Insider, AI can “significantly increase operational efficiency and safety level in nuclear power plants – also those older type”.
The expert adds that systems that allow you to analyze data from sensors in real time, including early detection of anomalies, can be very useful. At the same time, he emphasizes that The effectiveness of solutions based on artificial intelligence is strictly dependent on the quality of the datawhich is a challenge, especially in objects with outdated infrastructure. – It is worth emphasizing that the effectiveness of such solutions depends on the quality and availability of data – and this can be problematic in older reactors. Therefore, the full use of AI potential requires prior to modernizing IT infrastructure – says Łukasz Nowacki.
In addition to the issue of modernization of hardware and software, organizational and regulatory conditions may also be important. Although the implementation of tools using advanced algorithms is associated with a number of tests and certifications, The growing pressure on increasing power, especially from the IT sector, promotes the development of new nuclear projects.
In the United States, large technology companies are already negotiating contracts with the owners of the power plant, counting on stable energy supplies necessary for the functioning of computational centers. An additional impulse is the development of the so -called Small modular reactors, which – thanks to AI – can be designed and optimized much faster than using traditional engineering methods.
Algorithms will take it on each other
Everything indicates that artificial intelligence will allow reactor operators to respond better to changing conditions, while facilitating the departure of experienced personnel to retire. When some of the duties – from collecting data through the diagnosis of faults to process optimization – will be taken over by algorithms, qualified specialists will be able to focus on more complex tasks.
The increase in the demand for power from the AI industry is one of the factors accelerating this transformationand technologies such as Pro-AID may turn out to be a turning point in the modernization of global nuclear energy.
