Rescale Puts Engineering AI Agents to Work on Hermes 2 Reactor Design

At a glance

Rescale unveiled a framework for customizing engineering AI agents, which are programs that carry out tasks on people's behalf. Kairos Power and ORNL's manufacturing facility are using the platform for heat, flow, and shielding simulations and reports on the 50-megawatt Hermes 2 reactor.

Key points

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   Engineers approve every action an agent takes.

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   The two teams used agents for designing the reactor core and a biological shielding plug.

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   Kairos Power expects up to a threefold gain in simulation analysis efficiency, but the target is not yet confirmed.

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   Rescale also released features for saving projects, tracking work, and connecting external AI tools around the same time.

Why it matters

It shows AI agents starting to be used in high-stakes design work like nuclear power.