#Latest news with #ShinsukeYamanakaNikkei Asia14-05-2025BusinessNikkei AsiaAI helps labor-short Japan keep nuclear plants safeTOKYO -- Japanese nuclear power plant operators are finding ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into safety processes, aiming to maintain safety standards as they grapple with a personnel shortage. In a March discussion forum with power companies, Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka suggested that AI could be used in inspections -- to spot corrosion early in containment buildings, for example.
Nikkei Asia14-05-2025BusinessNikkei AsiaAI helps labor-short Japan keep nuclear plants safeTOKYO -- Japanese nuclear power plant operators are finding ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into safety processes, aiming to maintain safety standards as they grapple with a personnel shortage. In a March discussion forum with power companies, Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka suggested that AI could be used in inspections -- to spot corrosion early in containment buildings, for example.