NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) has deployed nuclear-specific AI tools to support its engineering and knowledge-management functions. The Corvallis, Oregon-based company announced the strategic initiative to advance the next generation of nuclear energy. Furthermore, this move combines three industry leaders: NuScale’s advanced reactor expertise, Nuclearn’s AtomAssist nuclear AI platform, and NPX’s nuclear project implementation experience. Together, they are building purpose-built nuclear-specific AI solutions. These tools help NuScale find, understand, and apply critical engineering information more efficiently as it pushes its groundbreaking small modular reactor (SMR) technology forward.
Nuclear-Specific AI Cuts Information Retrieval Time by 80%
As advanced reactor projects transition from design into deployment, teams must make timely and informed decisions. Consequently, they must navigate a growing volume of engineering information, licensing evidence, technical standards, and institutional knowledge. Rapid, traceable retrieval of that information is essential to keeping program schedules on track. NuScale’s initial proof of concept delivered remarkable results. Specifically, the designed-for-nuclear AI terminology and workflows reduced the time required to find relevant information by as much as 80%. Moreover, the system surfaced the most relevant engineering methods and standards simultaneously.
“NuScale is building a transformative deployment model to integrate NuScale Power Modules™ (NPMs) into nuclear power plants in the near-term, which requires executing with speed, precision, and confidence,” said Dr. José Reyes, Chief Technology Officer of NuScale Power. “This partnership with Nuclearn and NPX will equip our teams with the right purpose-built AI tools – grounded in our extensive proprietary knowledge –to work more efficiently while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.”
Nuclearn and NPX Bring Safety-Critical AI Discipline to Nuclear Engineering
Nuclearn’s platform plays a critical role in this partnership. The platform understands the operational context, regulatory implications, and safety considerations behind every engineering decision. Additionally, it gives engineers rapid access to the knowledge they need when they need it most. By combining nuclear-specific language models with NuScale’s trusted engineering and licensing content, Nuclearn ensures complete traceability back to the original controlled source.
“AI is only as valuable as the knowledge it can be trusted to deliver,” said Jerrold Vincent, CFO and Co-Founder of Nuclearn. “In a highly regulated, safety-critical industry like nuclear, every answer must be grounded in controlled engineering and licensing information. Our platform understands the operational context, regulatory implications, and safety considerations behind every decision, and gives engineers rapid access to the knowledge they need. By combining nuclear-specific language models with NuScale’s trusted engineering and licensing content, we’re helping NuScale maintain complete traceability back to the original controlled source, enabling the team to move faster without reducing safety, quality, or regulatory compliances.”
Meanwhile, NPX brings nuclear project experience and implementation discipline to the partnership. The company focuses on turning promising technology into practical tools that engineering teams can use in their daily work. This approach spans Canada, the United States, and global nuclear markets alike.
“Across Canada, the United States, and the global nuclear market, new nuclear projects face the same challenge: how to move faster without compromising quality, safety, or regulatory discipline,” said Joshua Bell, Director, NPX US. “NuScale is taking a practical step the rest of the industry can learn from. NPX brings the nuclear project experience and implementation discipline needed to turn promising technology into practical tools that teams can use in their day-to-day work. This is not AI for AI’s sake. It is nuclear professionals working together to solve nuclear challenges using new technology, grounded in deep experience and the discipline our industry requires.”
NuScale Sets a Replicable Standard for the Global Nuclear Industry
Therefore, NuScale’s initiative is not AI adoption for its own sake. Instead, it is nuclear professionals solving real nuclear challenges through new technology. The partnership demonstrates how nuclear-specific AI tools can responsibly accelerate program timelines. At the same time, they maintain the strict safety, quality, and regulatory compliance the industry demands. As a result, NuScale Power is setting a replicable standard that the broader global nuclear industry can learn from and build upon.
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