Education and Training Series #62: Artificial Intelligence in Support of NE Sector
Part of a webinar series hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group since 2016.
Who should attend?
Policymakers, industry professionals, regulators, researchers, students, the general public.
About the "GIF Education and Training" Webinars
These webinars, organised by the GIF Education and Training Working Group are streamed live monthly. The recordings and slide decks are accessible after the webinar on this website. These webinars cover a very broad range of technical and policy related topics. At the end of 2023 they have been viewed by more than 15000 people (approximately half of the views during the live streams and the other half views being of the archives on the public GIF website). In total, the GIF webinars have reached Generation IV enthusiasts, scientists, and engineers in more than 80 countries.
These webinars are organised and hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group (ETWG).
About this Webinar
This lecture will start with brief introduction to Artificial Intelligence and will fast forward to application of AI in design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants in future. Technical focus will be on several practical examples including use of machine learning and deep learning neural networks for weld inspections, sonar detection, material testing and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for conducting semantic search of documents. Aim is to show how engineers can de-risk and accelerate engineering projects with help of AI.
Presentation made during the webinar
Meet the presenter
Professor Nawal Prinja has 40 years of academic and industrial experience in the nuclear sector. He is the Technology Director of Jacobs (Clean Energy) and holds a position of Honorary Professor at four British universities. Currently he is chair of WNA/CORDEL working on harmonization of Nuclear Codes. He has been on IAEA missions to China, South Africa, UAE, Spain and Poland. He was appointed as an advisor to the UK Government to help formulate their longterm R&D strategy for nuclear industry and continues to advise as a member of the Fusion Advisory Board of UKRI and chairs Artificial Intelligence Technology Focus Group for Nuclear Propulsion for Ministry of Defence. He participates in a number of international committees notably the ASME code committee for developing new Plant Systems Design code and represents the UK at the Senior Industry Advisory Panel of the Generation IV International Forum.