(April 19, 2024)
…Blue Wave AI Labs successfully deployed machine learning (ML) tools at two nuclear power plants operated by Constellation, saving the company millions of dollars per reactor each year. The project was part of a $6 million effort supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help lower the operating costs of nuclear power plants using the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and ML technologies. Reactor operators depend on sensors to measure power generation, fuel consumption, and the overall state of the reactor with respect to operating limits. Over time, these sensors can become out of calibration and lose accuracy. During the next sensor calibration cycle, the plant operators were able to verify that sensors that were taken offline were giving incorrect readings due to miscalibration, as was predicted by Blue Wave’s tool. The company estimates that the AI tools combined have saved Constellation more than $1.6 million each year per reactor by reducing fuel costs…