Artificial-Intelligence-Based Safety Detection in Nuclear Power Plants
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "AI-Enabled Process Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nuclear operation and control; fault diagnosis for NPPs; online monitoring for NPPs; prognostics and health management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on "Artificial-Intelligence-Based Safety Detection in Nuclear Power Plants" explores the latest advancements in nuclear operation and control. Nuclear power plants rely on extensive instrumentation and monitoring systems to ensure their safe and efficient operation. These systems employ a network of sensors and control rod position indicators to collect real-time data on reactor conditions. The transition from manual, periodic checks to integrated online monitoring (OLM) systems has been significant. This not only supports operational reliability, but also forms the backbone of predictive maintenance strategies, minimizing human intervention and enhancing response precision.
In addition, the application of AI and machine learning has significantly improved fault detection and diagnosis. Techniques such as deep learning and similarity clustering are employed to detect and classify system-level and component-level faults with high accuracy, even with nonlinear operational data.
Furthermore, equipment health management and prediction technologies are driving the transformation of nuclear power equipment maintenance from preventive to predictive maintenance, thereby enhancing operational efficiency. By advancing techniques such as equipment signal feature extraction, lifespan prediction, and maintenance decision-making, these efforts are promoting a revolution in equipment reliability and operational maintenance.
Finally, to support the upcoming paradigm shift towards unmanned or minimally staffed nuclear power installations, artificial intelligence-based autonomous decision-making and intelligent control technologies are playing an increasingly critical role. These technologies help reduce the operational burden on maintenance personnel, while improving fault tolerance, operational safety, and overall reliability.
This Special Issue invites high-quality research on the following topics:
- Knowledge-based\data-driven\knowledge–data-fusion-based fault diagnosis for NPPs;
- Nuclear sensor anomaly detection/online monitoring/fault detection for NPPs;
- Remaining useful life prediction and intelligent maintenance in NPPs;
- Feature extraction and signal processing for devices in NPPs；
- AI-based fault isolation and handling for NPPs;
- Autonomous decision-making and control for NPPs;
- AI-based nuclear safety analysis and operational performance.
Dr. Hang Wang
Dr. Zhanguo Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- AI-based Fault Diagnosis for NPP AI-based Fault Detection for NPP
- AI-based Online Monitoring for NPP
- feature extraction and enhancement for NPP
- AI-based Operation and Maintenance for NPP
- AI-based Fault Isolation and Handling for NPP
- prognostics and health management for npp
- autonomous decision-making and control for NPP
- AI-based nuclear safety analysis and operational performance
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