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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2021.08.020

Investigation of neural network-based cathode potential monitoring to support nuclear safeguards of electrorefining in pyroprocessing  

Jung, Young-Eun (Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Ahn, Seong-Kyu (Advanced Fuel Cycle System Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Yim, Man-Sung (Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.54, no.2, 2022 , pp. 644-652 More about this Journal
Abstract
During the pyroprocessing operation, various signals can be collected by process monitoring (PM). These signals are utilized to diagnose process states. In this study, feasibility of using PM for nuclear safeguards of electrorefining operation was examined based on the use of machine learning for detecting off-normal operations. The off-normal operation, in this study, is defined as co-deposition of key elements through reduction on cathode. The monitored process signal selected for PM was cathode potential. The necessary data were produced through electrodeposition experiments in a laboratory molten salt system. Model-based cathodic surface area data were also generated and used to support model development. Computer models for classification were developed using a series of recurrent neural network architectures. The concept of transfer learning was also employed by combining pre-training and fine-tuning to minimize data requirement for training. The resulting models were found to classify the normal and the off-normal operation states with a 95% accuracy. With the availability of more process data, the approach is expected to have higher reliability.
Keywords
Pyroprocessing; Process monitoring; Safeguards; Electrorefining; Cathode potential; Electro-deposition; Machine learning;
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