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Southern Research To Develop Smart Robots For Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors Under DOE Grant

| October 7, 2019 @ 5:01 am

By Jerry Underwood
Made in Alabama

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a team led by Southern Research a $2.8 million grant to develop smart maintenance robots that will work autonomously in the challenging conditions inside next-generation nuclear reactors.

The team working on the project, funded by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to train the robots to complete maintenance tasks at a future molten salt reactor (MSR) large component test facility.

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