Development of a digitally-enabled regulatory environment for fusion power plants

为聚变发电厂开发数字化监管环境

• 批准号: 2271983
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2271983
• 关键词: Development; digitally; enabled; regulatory; environment

Digital twins are beginning to transform design processes for complex systems in a number of industries. A proof-of-concept study for digital reactor in fission energy has been conducted by the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) at the University of Liverpool together with partners from industry and national laboratories using the Integrated Nuclear Digital Environment (INDE)1 as its basis. In parallel, Patterson and Taylor having been working with partners at UKAEA on the form of a digital environment for fusion energy taking account of the higher order of complexity, the scale of resources, the integration of novel technologies, and the likely diversity and distribution of organisations involved2. The VEC has had positive interactions with the regulatory authorities during the digital fission reactor project and the culture of enabling-regulation3 offers an opportunity for a new paradigm in the regulation of fusion powerplants. It is proposed to investigate the potential provided by the integration of digital twins with the regulatory environment to enable innovation in the design of fusion powerplants.

数字双胞胎开始改变许多行业复杂系统的设计流程。利物浦大学的虚拟工程中心（VEC）与来自工业和国家实验室的合作伙伴一起，使用综合核数字环境（INDE）1作为其基础，对裂变能数字反应堆进行了概念验证研究。与此同时，Patterson和Taylor一直在与UKAEA的合作伙伴合作，考虑到更高层次的复杂性，资源规模，新技术的整合以及所涉及组织的可能多样性和分布，为聚变能源建立一个数字环境。VEC在数字裂变反应堆项目期间与监管机构进行了积极的互动，使能监管文化3为聚变发电厂的监管提供了一个新的范例。建议调查数字孪生与监管环境集成所提供的潜力，以实现聚变发电厂设计的创新。