Will AI Replace Nuclear Monitoring Technicians?

Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.