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siget:<br />
Focused on artificial<br />
intelligence<br />
t<br />
A<br />
t the Symposium this year, I<br />
presented a session titled<br />
“This plant is too big! This<br />
plant is too Small! This Plant is just<br />
right.” This session looked at the<br />
rapid changes now in progress,<br />
within the nuclear power generation<br />
segment.<br />
Gone are the days of having only<br />
large generators and plant facilities.<br />
In today’s world, and that of the near<br />
future, nuclear power generation for<br />
both government and commercial<br />
purposes presents growing<br />
challenges to the efficient, effective<br />
and accurate capture of vital<br />
information and records. Just think<br />
about the process of tracking a<br />
mobile reactor traveling cross<br />
country to a disaster site. What<br />
information is to be captured and<br />
how will that capture process work?<br />
There must be a greater<br />
understanding of the current data<br />
capture challenges, and there must<br />
be planning in a proactive sense<br />
rather than a reactive response. One<br />
discussion that arose from this<br />
session was related to the<br />
manufacturing of Small Modular<br />
Reactors (SMR) that could someday<br />
be manufactured in a factory,<br />
delivered to the site, and plugged in<br />
to begin operations.<br />
From a <strong>NIRMA</strong> perspective, this is<br />
where the Special Interest Group on<br />
Emerging Technologies (SIGET)<br />
serves the <strong>NIRMA</strong> community.<br />
SIGET was formed to investigate<br />
new technologies – like the new<br />
nuclear power stations – evaluate<br />
the impact this technology will have<br />
on information management<br />
practices and develop recommended<br />
white papers that present the<br />
technology and the considerations<br />
one might want to make note of in<br />
reaction to information capture and<br />
management.<br />
Additionally, SIGET works with<br />
other <strong>NIRMA</strong> business units to<br />
develop standards, and educational<br />
materials to be made available to<br />
<strong>NIRMA</strong> members. If you are<br />
interested in being part of SIGET,<br />
please contact:<br />
• Ron Hedges at<br />
r_hedges@live.com or<br />
• Stephen Fleshman at<br />
stephen.fleshman@cohesivegroup.c<br />
om.<br />
By Bob Larrivee,<br />
Board of Directors,<br />
Retired Purveyor of Process Automation<br />
The Rapidly Changing Nuclear Landscape<br />
Ron Hedges presents Assisting<br />
Litigation: Contributions IG and RIM<br />
can make to Favorite Outcomes.<br />
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