Specifically, the two companies plan to pair Westinghouse’s HiVE and bertha nuclear AI solutions with Google Cloud technologies and expertise to streamline construction of new nuclear plants. AI tools also will be used to improve the current nuclear fleet with data-driven AI insights.

“As the only fully licensed, construction ready modular reactor available today, our AP1000 technology is the quickest way to add new sources of affordable and abundant nuclear energy to the U.S. grid,” said Dan Sumner, Westinghouse’s interim CEO.

By partnering with Google Cloud to enhance its HiVE and bertha technology, Sumner said Westinghouse can “accelerate the deployment of new AP1000 units while implementing powerful AI technologies that will optimize the construction and operations of nuclear power plants.”

As part of their partnership, Westinghouse and Google Cloud have created a first-of-its-kind test using Westinghouse’s digital plant design tools and Google Cloud technologies, like Vertex AI, Gemini, and BigQuery. The system uses AI to automatically create and improve construction plans for AP1000 nuclear reactors.

“This partnership with Westinghouse combines Google Cloud’s AI technologies and expertise with Westinghouse’s century-long expertise in nuclear innovation to chart a new path towards a smarter and safer future,” said Kyle Jessen, managing director of commercial industries at Google Cloud. “Artificial intelligence is not merely a tool; it can give companies a critical competitive advantage. Westinghouse is demonstrating what’s possible.”

Westinghouse said it introduced HiVE and bertha in September 2024, which are nuclear-specific AI solutions supported by nuclear engineers to optimize new nuclear deployment of its AP1000 reactor, AP300 small modular reactors, and eVinci microreactor technologies.

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