The Idaho National Laboratory-led Prometheus project has been selected for a $60 million federal investment over three years under the DOE's Genesis Mission initiative.
Prometheus is a 32-partner collaboration spanning three national laboratories, five universities, and an extensive list of industry partners. The project aims to use AI to design, license, manufacture, construct, and operate nuclear reactors with human-in-the-loop workflows, with a goal of cutting reactor deployment timelines and operating costs in half.
The Genesis Mission, launched by President Trump through an executive order in November, aims to connect supercomputers, experimental facilities, AI systems, and scientific datasets to double the productivity of American research and innovation within a decade. INL Director John Wagner said Prometheus brings together nuclear science and artificial intelligence to move with greater urgency while maintaining the safety and technical rigor the industry requires.