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The U.S. Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI

If there is any place that would be off-limits to AI, the control room of a nuclear power plant certainly sounds like one.

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Key points

  • A variety of companies have begun to offer AI solutions for nuclear power.
  • This year, nearly the entire fleet of 94 U.S. nuclear reactors has been offered the chance to integrate AI into its operations, and most have taken it.
  • In August, California-based Atomic Canyon launched NIVA, the Nuclear Industry Virtual Assistant, which was developed in cooperation with nuclear-industry groups.
  • The assistant was pilot-tested in nuclear plants run by Constellation Energy and is now available to the United States’ entire fleet of reactors.

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  • [1]The U.S. Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI
    IEEE Spectrum: AI · Oct 8, 02:28 PM
    If there is any place that would be off-limits to AI, the control room of a nuclear power plant certainly sounds like one.
    A variety of companies have begun to offer AI solutions for nuclear power.

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