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From Pilots to Practice: NRC AI Workshop #7 Recap

Six findings from the NRC's seventh AI workshop on September 15, 2026: trust as a system property, Duke's five-to-one-month aging review, bounded autonomy, data access,[…]

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Off the Bench, Onto the Critical Path: Nuclear AI in September 2026

In September 2026, AI moved onto critical-path nuclear work: Blykalla took Microsoft AI to its licensing file, Savannah River hit 106 percent of design throughput,[…]

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AI Reaches the Reactor Floor: Nuclear AI in August 2026

In August 2026, generative AI moved into nuclear operations, licensing and dispatch: Atomic Canyon shipped NIVA, TerraPower pitched molten-salt storage to data centers, DOE launched[…]

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Federal Money Meets Machine Speed: DOE, NRC and the Return of mPower

DOE funded Project Prometheus with $60M and 32 partners, the NRC said AI cut a four-year licensing review to nine months, and Applied Atomics revived[…]

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The SMR Story Just Got Specific: Microreactors, AI Fuel R&D and a Research Reactor on the Grid

In May 2026, small reactors were matched to specific AI workloads: NANO Nuclear and Supermicro signed an MOU, Oklo, Los Alamos and NVIDIA partnered on[…]

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AI Is Forcing Nuclear Decisions Now: Centrus, the AI Power Pledge and THOR

In March 2026, Centrus and Palantir found nearly $300M in potential savings, tech giants signed a White House AI power pledge, and Los Alamos introduced[…]

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Nuclear and AI Enter the Acceleration Phase: Prometheus, NuScale-ORNL and AI Power Policy

In early March 2026, INL and NVIDIA launched Prometheus, NuScale and ORNL applied AI to SMR fuel management, and the White House met Big Tech[…]

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AI in Nuclear Is Moving from Pilot to Practice: Why Operating Discipline Decides What Scales

Why nuclear AI pilots stall without operating discipline, what DOE's Genesis Mission challenges say about the nuclear enterprise, and how Argonne and the NRC are[…]

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AI Is Reshaping Nuclear Faster Than Most Teams Are Ready For: Talent, Power and Policy

Big Tech energy hiring rose 30 percent in 2025, the UN asked whether AI will start a new nuclear age, and Meta signed multi-gigawatt nuclear[…]

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AI and the Nuclear Enterprise: Entering the Operational Phase

At the start of 2026, AI in nuclear moved from pilots to operations: Southern Nuclear scaled Copilot agents across its fleet, DOE flagged workforce gaps,[…]