Compensating for severe nuclear accidents: An expert elucidation

REACTOR: An Expert System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Nuclear Reactor Accidents

REACTOR is an expert system under development at EG&G Idaho, Inc., that will assist operators in the diagnosis and treatment of nuclear reactor accidents. This paper covers the background of the nuclear industry and why expert system technology may prove valuable in the reactor control room. Some of the basic features of the REACTOR system are discussed, and future plans for validation and eval...

Solving coupled problems of lumped parameter models in a platform for severe accidents in nuclear reactors

This paper focuses on solving coupled problems of lumped parameter models. Such problems are of interest for the simulation of severe accidents in nuclear reactors : these coarse-grained models allow for fast calculations for statistical analysis used for risk assessment and solutions of large problems when considering the whole severe accident scenario. However, this modeling approach has seve...

Alternative evacuation strategies for nuclear power accidents

In the U.S., current protective-action strategies to safeguard the public following a nuclear power accident have remained largely unchanged since their implementation in the early 1980s. In the past thirty years, new technologies have been introduced, allowing faster computations, better modeling of predicted radiological consequences, and improved accident mapping using geographic information...

Developing an Expert System for Diabetics Treatment Advices

Today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. A comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. This paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

Designing an expert system for diagnosis of TB