The foundation of AI
West CEO The biggest factor in the partnership's success has been simplicity
The company has already established its own AI infrastructure, the Nest, specifically designed to meet Nuclear's strict regulatory and export framework. They also created Bertha, a twisted AI assistant that fast-forwards to 75 years of exciting nuclear knowledge and documentation at Westinghouse. Google engineers were impressed that the 14-year-old company had quietly assembled the exact foundation needed to safely deploy AI in a highly regulated environment.
Creating data
Core AI Innovation targets the building process – historically 60% of response costs. Until recently, construction management has depended on spreadsheets and paper documents, leading to delays in all the thousands of assembly tasks. But with AI, Westinghouse has turned decades of literature to its advantage.
The new AI system integrates corporate models and predictive tools with Westinghouse's WNEXUS, the 3D digital twins of its reactors. When combined with current and historical data, the system can predict bottlenecks, adjust the sequence of construction activities, adjust staffing levels, and account for external factors such as supply constraints such as supply constraints such as supply constraints.
