Wedoany.com Report on Feb 25th, Recently, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and computer chip manufacturer NVIDIA announced a public-private partnership to jointly advance the application of artificial intelligence in the nuclear energy sector. The aim is to use AI technology to optimize the entire process of reactor design, approval, manufacturing, construction, and operation, striving to cut the nuclear reactor development cycle in half and reduce operating costs by 50%.

This collaboration is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) "Genesis Mission." The two parties will jointly build a virtuous cycle of "AI promoting nuclear energy deployment, and nuclear energy providing baseload power for AI infrastructure." The cooperation will focus on five major areas: developing intelligent workflows such as generative AI and digital twins; promoting the widespread adoption of accelerated computing and AI tools across the nuclear industry; utilizing DOE supercomputers for model training; validating digital twin systems using laboratory historical data and operating reactors (including the MARVEL microreactor expected to be operational by the end of 2027); and accelerating nuclear simulation software on NVIDIA's GPU architecture.

John Wagner, Director of the Idaho National Laboratory, stated: "This partnership represents a transformative approach to tackling one of our nation's greatest challenges: deploying sufficient, reliable nuclear energy at the speed and scale required for an AI-driven future. We can fundamentally change the timeline for advanced nuclear energy grid integration."

Rian Bahran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors at the U.S. Department of Energy, added: "This public-private partnership model provides a targeted approach for accelerating AI development, going beyond incremental 'lift and shift' improvements. It has the potential not only to transform how we deploy nuclear energy but also how we advance R&D and discovery."