NTT adapts AI network analysis tool to detect faults in nuclear fusion reactors
(2023/11/23)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2023/11/23/ntt_ai_nuclear_fusion_control/
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Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has taken an AI tool created to monitor telco networks and adapted it to predict anomalies in a nuclear fusion reactor to help keep its experimental power source running.
The work is currently being done in partnership with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) research project. The duo have collaborated since [1]May 2020 to develop alternative means of energy.
NTT hopes its Deep Anomaly Surveillance (DeAnoS) AI, applied to ITER's fusion facility, could prevent equipment failure and contribute to "smooth experimental operation."
[2]
[3]DeANoS uses autoencoders to find abnormal data in ICT systems. Sparse optimization can then be applied to estimate which input dimension caused the anomaly, thereby identifying the root cause.
[4]
[5]
Smooth operations are vital for fusion reactors because the theoretical machines operate at enormous temperatures – millions of degrees Celsius – and errors could damage equipment or cause other problems that lead to days or weeks of downtime.
"In the event of equipment failure, especially in a high-intensity, high-volume neutron or gamma-ray radiation environment, it will take time to repair the equipment, which will greatly affect the operation of fusion experiments," NTT [6]explained [PDF].
[7]
DeANoS first detects reactor faults and rates anomalies, then analyzes the impact on operations using long-term data.
[8]Microsoft hiring a nuclear power program manager, because AI needs lots of 'leccy
[9]Beyond the hype, AI promises leg up for scientific research
[10]Why can't datacenter operators stop thinking about atomic power?
[11]Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test
While NTT focuses on the use and validity of DeANoS, ITER will be in charge of providing operational data as well as the testing environment.
Assuming everything goes to plan, NTT expects the duo will "expand the system to large-scale systems such as plants."
Nuclear fusion plants mimic the processes that power the Sun – cooking plasma at extremely high temperatures while containing it in a powerful magnetic field. The technique has potential to produce vast amounts of clean energy, without many of the risks associated with its temperamental sibling, nuclear fission.
Fusion power plants are still experimental, with ITER's main reactor and first plasma planned for 2025. But the technology has been in development since the 1950s, and many skeptics think there's still a long way to go. Indeed some have [12]predicted 2050 as the earliest year by which large-scale energy from nuclear fusion may be possible.
[13]
Other interested parties, like Google-backed DeepMind, have bet on AI accelerating the process. In 2022, it [14]teamed with EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) to control the superheated plasma inside a fusion reactor. ®
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[1] https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2020/05/15/200515c.html
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[3] https://journal.ntt.co.jp/article/4149
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[6] https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2023/11/21/pdf/231121ba.pdf
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[8] https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/microsoft_nuclear_energy_manager_job/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/02/beyond_the_hype_ai_promises/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/27/datacenters_nuclear_power/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/27/tokamak_energy_magnet_test/
[12] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-future-of-fusion-energy/
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[14] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04301-9
[15] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
The work is currently being done in partnership with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) research project. The duo have collaborated since [1]May 2020 to develop alternative means of energy.
NTT hopes its Deep Anomaly Surveillance (DeAnoS) AI, applied to ITER's fusion facility, could prevent equipment failure and contribute to "smooth experimental operation."
[2]
[3]DeANoS uses autoencoders to find abnormal data in ICT systems. Sparse optimization can then be applied to estimate which input dimension caused the anomaly, thereby identifying the root cause.
[4]
[5]
Smooth operations are vital for fusion reactors because the theoretical machines operate at enormous temperatures – millions of degrees Celsius – and errors could damage equipment or cause other problems that lead to days or weeks of downtime.
"In the event of equipment failure, especially in a high-intensity, high-volume neutron or gamma-ray radiation environment, it will take time to repair the equipment, which will greatly affect the operation of fusion experiments," NTT [6]explained [PDF].
[7]
DeANoS first detects reactor faults and rates anomalies, then analyzes the impact on operations using long-term data.
[8]Microsoft hiring a nuclear power program manager, because AI needs lots of 'leccy
[9]Beyond the hype, AI promises leg up for scientific research
[10]Why can't datacenter operators stop thinking about atomic power?
[11]Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test
While NTT focuses on the use and validity of DeANoS, ITER will be in charge of providing operational data as well as the testing environment.
Assuming everything goes to plan, NTT expects the duo will "expand the system to large-scale systems such as plants."
Nuclear fusion plants mimic the processes that power the Sun – cooking plasma at extremely high temperatures while containing it in a powerful magnetic field. The technique has potential to produce vast amounts of clean energy, without many of the risks associated with its temperamental sibling, nuclear fission.
Fusion power plants are still experimental, with ITER's main reactor and first plasma planned for 2025. But the technology has been in development since the 1950s, and many skeptics think there's still a long way to go. Indeed some have [12]predicted 2050 as the earliest year by which large-scale energy from nuclear fusion may be possible.
[13]
Other interested parties, like Google-backed DeepMind, have bet on AI accelerating the process. In 2022, it [14]teamed with EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) to control the superheated plasma inside a fusion reactor. ®
Get our [15]Tech Resources
[1] https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2020/05/15/200515c.html
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2ZV8w0@P41bSquFSuPZ0GhQAAABQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] https://journal.ntt.co.jp/article/4149
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[6] https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2023/11/21/pdf/231121ba.pdf
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[8] https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/microsoft_nuclear_energy_manager_job/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/02/beyond_the_hype_ai_promises/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/27/datacenters_nuclear_power/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/27/tokamak_energy_magnet_test/
[12] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-future-of-fusion-energy/
[13] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33ZV8w0@P41bSquFSuPZ0GhQAAABQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[14] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04301-9
[15] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Here comes the sun
Neil Barnes
For the sub-ed's, er, subhead --->
Just Asking .... for Future Reference Highlighting an Icarus Type Failure/Noble Misstep
Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has taken an AI tool created to monitor telco networks and adapted it to predict anomalies in a nuclear fusion reactor to help keep its experimental power source running. ..... Laura Dobberstein, enterprise technology reporter for The Register, focusing primarily on the APAC region.
Hmmm?
Hi, Laura,
Regarding that AI tool adoption and adaptation monitoring telco networks to predict nuclear fusion reactor anomalies helping current running experimental power sources, is it yet to recognise and acknowledge The Register reporting on a whole series of such anomalous instances/NEUKlearer HyperRadioProACTive IT events/Almighty Interventions, for both Mass Multi Media Command and Control Systems and Viral Networking Nerve Centres, with one clearly enough Registered and reported surely as recently as just yesterday ........ [1]https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/21/microsoft_openai_altman_nadella/#c_4763161
Or is such officially to be denied any live present existence and systems acknowledgement for fear of terrifying/enlightening the natives and derailing status quo gravy trains, which is an ignorant official move which only leads novel forces and sources to further prosper and spread and prepare future missions/interventions/events out of the Harry Limelight glare of any disapproving publicity for Underground AIMovements with Bases in Deep and Dark Internetworking Webs.
Strange times ahead indeed, whether you be "officially" told about it or not ........ and whenever not "officially" told will mainstream news media be rendered brain dead and universally recognised as an empty expensive shell of a formerly greatly revered friend in times of momentous troubles/dark and dismal and dangerous situations/virtual spaces.
[1] https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/21/microsoft_openai_altman_nadella/#c_4763161