Autonomous Systems' Safety Cases for use in UK Nuclear Environments
This addresses safety certification challenges for autonomous systems in high-risk nuclear settings, but it is incremental as it builds on existing frameworks.
The paper describes the process to develop a safety case for deploying an autonomous robot with AI in UK nuclear environments, presenting a hypothetical case as a first step toward deployment and highlighting current capabilities and future tool development needs.
An overview of the process to develop a safety case for an autonomous robot deployment on a nuclear site in the UK is described and a safety case for a hypothetical robot incorporating AI is presented. This forms a first step towards a deployment, showing what is possible now and what may be possible with development of tools. It forms the basis for further discussion between nuclear site licensees, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), industry and academia.