Westinghouse And Google Collaborate On AI To ‘Transform’ Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants

Tools will also optimise performance of current reactor fleet

Westinghouse And Google Collaborate On AI To ‘Transform’ Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants
Vogtle-3 and Vogtle-4 in the US state of Georgia were the last two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plants to begin commercial operation. Courtesy Georgia Power.

Westinghouse Electric Company and Google Cloud are collaborating to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform the construction of advanced Westinghouse nuclear reactors into an “efficient, repeatable process”.

Together, the two companies will pair Westinghouse’s powerful Hive and Bertha nuclear AI solutions with Google Cloud technologies and expertise to streamline construction of new nuclear plants. AI tools will also improve the current nuclear fleet with data-driven AI insights.

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