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Literature Notes/Automation levels for nuclear reactor operations - A revised perspective.md

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-> providing approximately 55% of all emissions-free electricity in the U.S.
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+> we propose a six-level approach that aligns with contemporary automation concepts as well as automation level definitions from other nonnuclear safety-critical industries.
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-> complicated by the high up-front capital and financing costs and long construction times associated with bringing new power plants online.
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+> For typical reactors in the current fleet, 70% of their non-fuel O&M costs relate to labor [12].
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-> Though effective and proven reliable, the analog technology employed at nuclear plants requires frequent surveillance, inspections, and testing
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+> The various levels of automation, as per Section 9 of NUREG-0700, ultimately rely on a human-in-the-loop to monitor plant performance and intervene when necessary. Under these guidelines, automation technology aims to provide operator support, rather than replace operator duties in regard to sustained day-to-day operational and tactical control.
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-> modern technology has now enabled differing degrees of automation and reduced O&M costs in nearly every industry across the globe.
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-> have expressed interest in utilizing varying degrees of automation in their designs and operation
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-> However, we find that if only these factors are considered, the current guidelines on automation levels do not align with long-term economic and commercial goals of the advanced reactor community—particularly in regard to the operational characteristics of FBs
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-> The advent of novel SMRs, MRs, and targeted FB attributes has challenged many of the premises that underline the limitations of the levels of automation.
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-> Unlike previous definitions of automation levels (Proud and Hart, 2005; Kaber and Endsley, 2003; O’Hara and Fleger, 2020; Billings, 1997; Sheridan, 2002),
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-> Per these efforts, Table 3 reflects six levels of automation, ranging from purely manual (i.e., human driver) control to a fully automated, human-out-of-the-loop vehicle
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-> from Level 3 to Level 4, at which point we observe a tipping point in automation, such that vehicles can be manufactured as autonomously operated machines, the classical interpretation of a driver’s seat is no longer required, and vehicle cabins can be radically redesigned to enhance passenger safety, comfort, and convenience.
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-> In this section, we use the definitions and concepts presented in Section 2 to reformulate the current regulatory-accepted automation level guidelines (Table 1) in order to better support the ambitions of
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-> the advanced reactor developer community. We do not intend for these levels to be prescriptive, but rather to provide a framework for future discussions and follow-on work.
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-> Table 5 are not prescriptive for an entire reactor system, but rather a particular task or set of tasks; different tasks may be suited to different automation levels.
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+> Recognizing that operations plans contradicting these guidelines can receive NRC approval through sufficient reasoning, we posit that this requirement implicitly limits the ambitions and desired operational paradigms of the advanced reactor developer community, and creates a potentially detrimental disconnect with the regulator. This is particularly applicable in the case of fully autonomous human-out-of-the-loop-based operations (a key facet of the “unattended” attribute adopted in the FB Initiative [21]).
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Notes on Papers/Automation levels for nuclear reactor operations- A revised perspective.md

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+# First Pass
+**Category:** 
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+**Context:** 
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+**Correctness:** 
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+**Contributions:** 
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+**Clarity:** 
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+# Second Pass
+**What is the main thrust?**
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+**What is the supporting evidence?**
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+**What are the key findings?**
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+# Third Pass
+**Recreation Notes:**
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+**Hidden Findings:**
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+**Weak Points? Strong Points?**