Last week, Microsoft announced a $60 million, multiyear commitment to the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Genesis Mission, the national initiative to embed artificial intelligence (AI) across the country’s 17 national laboratories. Testing Autonomous Reactor Operations, One Step at a TimeThe nuclear example Microsoft’s announcement leads with is a project run by INL involving autonomous remote operation of a research reactor. Speeding Up Licensing Paperwork, With Engineers Still in the LoopThe other nuclear-focused piece of Microsoft’s Genesis Mission work involves applying AI to nuclear licensing and permitting. INL looks forward to early research to evaluate the applicability of generative AI in the nuclear licensing space.” Lopez added that Prometheus is expected to be among the first Genesis Mission projects onboarded through Microsoft’s SPARK program.