Natural language processing of safety reports in nuclear power plants

Description

This project, which will be co-advised by Dr. Yolanda Gil, will use Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to analyze voluminous Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee (DCISC) annual reports to identify the role and contribution of "Traits of a Healthy Nuclear Safety Culture", as defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, in incident causation.

Students

• Adrianne Nguyen

• Rahul Anil Nair

• Shourya Kothari

• Tejaswi Chaudhari

• Xiang Li

Advisors

• Najmedin Meshkati

What students will learn

Application of NLP in real-world, working on very serious and important issues with global applications, which can be generalized and applied to other safety-sensitive technologies.