Oklo, INL to employ AI-enabled reactor design for advanced nuclear systems

Oklo (OKLO) announced a Strategic Partnership Project with Battelle Energy Alliance, the management and operating contractor for Idaho National Laboratory, to use AI technologies to accelerate advanced reactor and fuel-system design work. The National Nuclear Security Administration SPP, which gives partners access to specialized national-lab expertise and facilities, aims to bolster conceptual design work for an Oklo reactor system through the use of AI-enabled engineering workflows, modeling, simulation, and technical documentation. Under the project, Oklo and INL will integrate the Prometheus AI platform with Oklo’s Multiphysics design and analysis infrastructure to streamline engineering workflows and support development of Pluto, Oklo’s reactor system designed to use plutonium-bearing fuels. The Pluto reactor is a part of DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program. “This work brings together advanced reactor design, AI-enabled engineering tools, and INL’s deep technical expertise,” said Jacob DeWitte, co-founder and CEO of Oklo. “Applying AI to reactor design workflows can accelerate development, improve engineering efficiency, and support progress on advanced systems, including on Oklo’s Pluto reactor.”