Nuclear power is an essential piece to the puzzle of meeting energy demands, but the design and licensing processes for modern nuclear reactors are lengthy and expensive. Brigham Young University ...

Chemical engineering professor Matthew Memmott and his colleagues have developed an AI algorithm that can significantly reduce time in the nuclear reactor design process. A BYU professor has figured ...

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design has cleared the first two phases of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Vendor Design Review (VDR) process, marking a first for a small ...

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has approved Westinghouse's AP300 small modular reactor to enter the Generic Design Assessment process. A rendering of an AP300 plant (Image: ...

South Korea's SMART100 small modular reactor design is set to become the first SMR in the world to formally submit a Safeguards Technical Report to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Korea ...

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A Brigham Young University professor has figured out a way to shave critical years off the complicated design and licensing processes for modern nuclear reactors: artificial intelligence. You heard ...