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Westinghouse and Google Cloud Formalize AI Partnership to Automate Nuclear Reactor Construction

Following a proof-of-concept for AP1000 work-package automation, the partnership prepares AI-driven engineering to extend across small modular and microreactor designs.

Westinghouse’s HiVE and bertha AI tools team up with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, Gemini, and BigQuery.
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Overview

  • The companies completed a proof-of-concept in mid-July that autonomously generated and optimized construction work packages for AP1000 reactors using Westinghouse’s WNEXUS platform with HiVE, bertha and Google Cloud tools.
  • Westinghouse’s HiVE and bertha systems leverage over 75 years of proprietary nuclear data to streamline complex engineering workflows from design through licensing.
  • Google Cloud contributes Vertex AI, Gemini and BigQuery for scalable data processing and advanced generative AI capabilities to power the joint automation platform.
  • The initiative will initially focus on the fully licensed AP1000 modular design before extending AI-driven efficiencies to AP300 small modular reactors, eVinci microreactors and existing nuclear plants.
  • Neither company has disclosed specific timelines for rolling out the AI-powered construction and operational tools across commercial reactor projects.