Abstract
Digital twins (DT) are synchronized clones that mirror their physical counterparts at all times, enabling real-time monitoring, analysis, decision-making, and planning for optimized operations. Digital twins can transcend traditional two-dimensional interfaces by incorporating VR/AR/MR (XR) technology, providing immersive, intuitive, and interactive representations of systems, assets, and processes. Furthermore, real-time data from sensors, simulations, and other sources can be integrated into the XR-enabled digital twins, leading to better and more intuitive understanding and to more efficiently monitor, analyze, and maintain complex systems such as nuclear assets. Immersive, interactive, multi-player XR capabilities embedded in DTs will allow spatially accurate and more realistic representation, leading to improved risk assessment, optimized and predictive maintenance scheduling, enhanced situational awareness, and more effective communication among interdisciplinary teams. By combining the strengths of XR and digital twins, nuclear facilities can achieve heightened safety, operational efficiency, and decision-making accuracy. Marrying XR technology with digital twins is also likely to extend the utilization of digital twins to optimize those aspects of the design and operation of nuclear assets that involve human beings–specifically in human factors engineering. Training can also be significantly enhanced if DTs are linked with XR technology. These systems may also be used to assess human performance through human factors engineering for the safety analysis of nuclear assets. A specific example is assessing human performance in semi-autonomous nuclear assets or operating multiple nuclear assets. After briefly reviewing digital twins of nuclear systems from the perspective of XR technology, this paper summarises our work in the nuclear energy space on VR/AR/MR and how these can be integrated into the newly evolving DTs of nuclear assets. The paper also describes the potential use of such systems in optimizing the design and operations of nuclear systems. As XR technology advances, its symbiotic relationship with digital twins can significantly reshape the landscape of nuclear operations and asset management.
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