Pacific Gas and Electric Company is deploying Atomic Canyon's artificial intelligence-powered solutions for the nuclear energy sector at PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California.
This marks the inaugural commercial installation of the first on-site generative AI deployment at a U.S. nuclear power plant, Atomic Canyon said.
Atomic Canyon's Neutron Enterprise generative AI solution, built and running on NVIDIA's full-stack AI platform, is being deployed at Diablo Canyon "to transform document search and retrieval, and deliver significant cost savings and improved operational efficiency," Atomic Canyon said.
As California's only remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon provides nearly 9% of the state's electricity and generates 17% of its zero-carbon energy.
With the California Energy Commission estimating that power demand across the state will rise roughly 43% in the next 15 years, "Diablo Canyon will only become a more critical clean, reliable energy asset," Atomic Canyon said.
Federal and state regulations require utilities that operate nuclear power plants to manage billions of pages of technical documentation, which are spread across multiple systems. Power plant personnel must spend both time and resources to retrieve this essential data accurately and reliably, it said.
Having access to Atomic Canyon's Neutron Enterprise solution "means Diablo Canyon will revolutionize its approach to managing these vast datasets."
Neutron Enterprise will integrate seamlessly with Diablo Canyon's systems, using the latest optical character recognition, retrieval-augmented generation, and AI-powered search technology to cut search times from hours to seconds, Atomic Canyon said. "Teams will be able to access critical information faster and more reliably, allowing them to focus on high-value tasks and decision-making."
The deployment uses NVIDIA's full-stack AI computing platform, including NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, NVIDIA Triton Inference Server software and NVIDIA Hopper architecture GPUs, which accelerate Atomic's Neutron Enterprise solution.
Atomic Canyon is a California-based company pioneering artificial intelligence specialized for the nuclear energy sector.
