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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Franck Grember, Lyons, FR;
FRAMATOME, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A method for assisting with surveillance of an element of a nuclear reactor, said method being implemented by an electronic device, comprising the steps of training an artificial-intelligence algorithm; acquiring an image of the element; estimating, on the basis of the image and via the artificial-intelligence algorithm, whether a fault is present in the element; displaying the image of the element; and if at least one fault is estimated to be present, generating an alarm. In the estimating step, an input to the artificial-intelligence algorithm is an image of a region comprising the element, and an output is a level of confidence as regards an absence of fault in the element for said region. If the level of confidence is lower than a threshold, then a fault is estimated to be present. In the training step, only images of fault-free elements are inputted into the artificial-intelligence algorithm.