Nuclear Power’s Next Chapter: New Reactors, Digital Controls and AI
Nuclear power is attracting new investment and digital innovation. Samsung C&T is committing investment and engineering support to Kairos Power’s planned nuclear reactor supplying electricity for Google.
At Purdue University in Indiana, researchers are using a fully digital research reactor to test remote operation, computer models and cybersecurity protections.
Meanwhile, Nvidia-backed Atomic Canyon has launched an AI assistant to help nuclear workers find and use technical documents and operating records. Together, these developments point toward a nuclear industry combining new construction with better tools for research and everyday work.
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Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
Kairos Power has picked engineering firm Samsung C&T to help build its 50-megawatt demonstration reactor for Google, which the nuclear startup is aiming to have completed by 2030.
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Buried under an Indiana campus, a 10-microwave reactor from the early sixties
The room is deep underground, beneath a university building in Indiana, humming with the low drone of a server farm. Inside, a reactor has been running since the early sixties.
No dials. No knobs. No analog gauges of any kind.
Instead: keyboards, computer screens, ethernet cables, the complete nervous system of a machine that is also, formally, a licensed nuclear reactor.
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The nuclear industry has a new AI tool — with Nvidia backing
Atomic Canyon is rolling out an AI assistant developed with major industry groups to help nuclear plant workers make better and faster use of operating records and technical knowledge.
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