ML21078A220
| ML21078A220 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/08/2021 |
| From: | Raj Iyengar NRC/RES/DE |
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| James Steckel | |
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| Download: ML21078A220 (8) | |
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Future Focused Research Program Digital TwinsRegulatory Viability Raj Iyengar, Presenter Presentation for RIC M5 Session March 8, 2021
Reactor Digital Twins
- Digital representation of a physical asset
- Design optimization, effective maintenance and operations
- Safety of operations
- Data management, physics-based modeling, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
- Trust and transparency
Un d e r s t a n d t h e c u r r e n t s t a t e o f t h e t e c h n o l o g y a n d potential applications for t h e n u c l e a r industry Identify a n d evaluate t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s that could benefit from regulatory g u i d a n c e D e v e l o p a f r a m e w o r k t o s u p p o r t r e g u l a t o r y d e c i s i o n s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h d i g i t a l t w i n s D IG IT A L T U R B IN E Digital Twins Future Focused Research
Digital Twins Future Focused Research
External Engagement Virtual Workshop Digital Twin Applications for Advanced Nuclear Technologies, December 1-4, 2020 Over 250 attendees per day Major Benefits of Digital Twins Improve design Reduce uncertainties Reduce risk Forecast operational & maintenance issues Follow-on Workshops Anticipated: 2021 Q3 &
2022 Q4
What Is Needed for the Future?
Technical Reports:
Findings from the survey of the state of technology of applications of digital twins (2021 Q3)
State of the art, technical challenges, and gaps for digital twins in using data analytics, ML/AI, and multiphysics models (2021 Q3)
Regulatory readiness levels and gaps pertaining to digital twins (2021 Q4)
Summary of the technical and regulatory gaps pertaining to digital twins, based on the above three reports (2022 Q1)
Engage Stakeholders:
Outreach to gauge industry interest (2022 Q4)
Workshops:
Focus on technical issues &
industry plans (2021 Q3)
Focus on technology advances, industry plans, & regulatory topics (2022 Q1)
Reactor Digital TwinsWhat Is Next from the NRC
Additional Information:
Raj Iyengar (Raj.Iyengar@nrc.gov)
Ramon Gascot-Lozada (Ramon.GascotLozada@nrc.gov)