Meet NIVA: The nuclear industry’s own AI tool

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Meet NIVA: The nuclear industry's own AI tool

https://www.ans.org/news/article-8536/meet-niva-the-nuclear-industrys-own-ai-tool/

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The Electric Power Research Institute, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, and the Nuclear Energy Institute have deployed a generative artificial intelligence tool called the Nuclear Industry Virtual Assistant. The system helps utilities across North America search historical data, operating experience databases, and regulatory guides.

Developed with technology partner Atomic Canyon, the platform uses a retrieval augmented generation architecture to query multiple federated databases securely. This design addresses confidentiality concerns by allowing organizations to maintain control over proprietary documents while providing users with cited, up-to-date references for plant maintenance and licensing tasks.

Built on decades of technical, regulatory, and operational experience, the Nuclear Industry Virtual Assistant (NIVA) is out of beta testing and in use at nuclear power plants across North America.

NIVA debuted in August, featuring plain-language generative AI functions that would be familiar to people who have come to rely on AI chat tools. But NIVA's tools, including a "knowledge assistant" and an "operating experience assistant," are industry-specific and designed to help utilities accelerate licensing and maintenance. NIVA can make both historical lessons learned and the latest regulatory guides more accessible. It can also help newcomers to the nuclear workforce quickly learn what...

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