Development of element functions and design optimization procedures with knowledge- and AI-aided design integration approach for advanced reactor lifecycle in ARKADIA

ARKADIAにおける革新炉ライフサイクルのためのAI支援型設計最適化手法と要素機能の開発

田中 正暁  ; 江沼 康弘  ; 岡野 靖; 内堀 昭寛 ; 横山 賢治   ; 関 暁之   ; 若井 隆純 ; 浅山 泰 

Tanaka, Masaaki; Enuma, Yasuhiro; Okano, Yasushi; Uchibori, Akihiro; Yokoyama, Kenji; Seki, Akiyuki; Wakai, Takashi; Asayama, Tai

In Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), an artificial intelligence (AI) aided integrated digital system named "Advanced Reactor Knowledge- and AI aided Design Integration Approach through the whole plant lifecycle (ARKADIA)" has been developing to offer the best possible solutions for challenges arising during the design process, safety assessment, and operation of a nuclear plant over its life cycle. ARKADIA aims for creating a new plant design beyond the reach of experienced engineers by assembling the solutions to be met a safe, economic, and sustainable carbon-free energy source. ARKADIA consists of three inter-connected systems: EAS (Enhanced and AI-aided optimization System) as a controller for the numerical analyses and the design optimizations, VLS (Virtual plant Life System) for numerical simulator, and KMS (Knowledge Management System) with knowledges obtained through the development of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) in JAEA. These systems stand on the AI aided platform. Until 2023, the platform, the ARKADIA-Design, the ARKADIA-Safety, and the KMS are separately being developed. In the next five years until 2028, the element functions and the systems are to be unified to one system, ARKADIA. In this paper, outlines of current status in its development are introduced.