Overseen by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the nuclear industry is highly regulated to ensure the safety and reliability of every nuclear reactor in the country. NRC’s oversight – including licensing new reactors – often requires tremendous amounts of research and reporting. AI has the potential to save the industry vast amounts of time and labor by streamlining reporting requirements and accelerating licensing and regulatory compliance processes.
The computing power of Frontier was necessary to teach FERMI models the technical language of the nuclear industry based on the vocabulary used in the more than 53 million pages of nuclear documents contained within the NRC’s ADAMS database, the NRC’s official record-keeping system that documents the history of every reactor in the country.
Atomic Canyon’s Neutron AI Platform not only allows users to find information faster and more efficiently, but it also provides clear and meaningful context to complex information, making it easier for nuclear power professionals to understand and develop problem-solving solutions.
“Our mission at Atomic Canyon is to build the most advanced generative AI platform for the nuclear industry,” said Atomic Canyon CEO Trey Lauderdale. “ORNL’s expertise in nuclear science and high-performance computing was critical for us to be able to build AI in a reliable format. We want to double-down on that relationship to build AI that can be used to help every reactor in America’s nuclear fleet.”
The agreement also allows Atomic Canyon to further develop Neutron Enterprise – a proprietary version of their Neutron AI platform, but with exclusive capabilities and enhanced cybersecurity features to protect sensitive nuclear information.
UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. The Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit energy.gov/science. – Jeremy Rumsey
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