{"dataset":"NNN Prometheus Program Tracker","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","license_scope":"The grant covers the NNN dataset as a compilation: selection, arrangement, schema, annotations, event and milestone curation, and verification metadata, including EU sui generis database rights. Underlying facts are facts and are not owned or restricted by NNN. Third-party licensed data shown on NNN pages is excluded from the dataset and from this grant.","terms":"Current-state data (CSV snapshots and current-state API responses) is licensed CC BY 4.0: free to use, share and adapt with attribution to Nuclear News Network (nuclearnewsnetwork.com).","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Prometheus Program Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/prometheus","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/prometheus"},"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/prometheus","generated_at":"2026-10-07T11:53:10.921Z","program":{"slug":"prometheus","name":"Prometheus","program":"DOE Genesis Mission — Phase II","lead":"inl","award_usd":60000000,"award_years":3,"award_status":"negotiation","cost_share_usd":200000000,"industry_capital_usd":30000000,"partner_count":33,"metrics":[{"metric":"Reactor deployment timelines and operating costs","target":"50% reduction","source":"https://inl.gov/news-release/genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-up-safe-affordable-nuclear-energy/"},{"metric":"Design & licensing workflow time","target":"10x reduction","source":"https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/"},{"metric":"Manufacturing cycle time","target":"3x reduction","source":"https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/"},{"metric":"Operational staffing requirements","target":"50% reduction","source":"https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/"},{"metric":"Production platform on Genesis Mission Platform","target":"Initial deployment by March 2027","source":"https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/"}],"risks":["The $60M Phase II award is subject to appropriations","DOE–selectee negotiation must complete before any funding is issued","Partner-count discrepancy: press materials say 32 partners; the INL site lists 33 names — archived captures show 33 since at least 2026-07-25, so not a late addition (see NNN: prometheus-partner-count-32-vs-33)","Further Genesis Phase II announcements (expected fall 2026) may add awards and reshuffle scope"],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://inl.gov/news-release/genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-up-safe-affordable-nuclear-energy/","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/prometheus-project-selected-for-federal-support","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/inl-and-partners-receive-60m-doe-award-for-ai-powered-nuclear-energy-project/","https://news.utexas.edu/2026/07/22/department-of-energys-new-ai-for-science-genesis-mission-awards-funding-to-5-ut-research-projects/","https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/08/nc-state-genesis-mission-projects/","https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiddenlayer-selected-to-support-does-60-million-prometheus-initiative-under-the-genesis-mission-302853514.html","https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=123136","https://inl.gov/content/uploads/2026/09/Prometheus-Industry-Partnership-Consortium-Overview.pdf","https://www.rdworldonline.com/inls-60-million-nuclear-ai-project-will-spend-the-first-year-testing-where-ai-agents-can-help-and-where-they-might-hurt/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"2026-09-24 program-state check: the live INL Prometheus page now displays 7x design/licensing, 2x manufacturing and 38% operational-staffing figures, while the independent Argonne Prometheus page still displays 10x, 3x and 50% targets. This is logged as a source discrepancy, not rewritten into the historical metrics fields until reconciled. Partner-count: press says '32-partner'; INL partner list (snapshot 2026-08-10 via Wayback) names 33 organizations — NNN tracks the INL list. Re-diffed 2026-09-03 against the same Wayback capture: still 33 names, no additions or exits. Re-checked 2026-09-10: Wayback CDX shows no capture of the INL Prometheus page newer than 2026-08-10. Re-checked 2026-09-17: INL page now fetches live (no longer Wayback-only) and still lists the same 33 names — no membership changes; the page adds the Industry Partnership Consortium Overview PDF and a partnership interest form. Industry commitment: >$200M cost share (cash + in-kind incl. compute, software, data) of which >$30M is direct cash to national laboratory and university research. Two distinct 50% targets exist and are separately sourced: the program-level goal of halving reactor deployment timelines and operating costs (INL award release), and the 50% operational-staffing-reduction counter on the INL program page (autonomous-operations workstream). 2026-09-10 partner-role sweep (10 long-tail partners): Everstar's role is now detailed and DOE-corroborated (licensing/regulatory AI 'lab', confidence high); Atalanta's formal-methods AI role is partner-stated with a named INL quote (confidence medium); Apollo Atomics' 2026-07-25 role statement is X-only and stays a lead. Valar Atomics' $1B Sequoia-led Series B (2026-08-04) and Standard Nuclear's IPO (ticker STDN, priced 2026-07-15) are confirmed corporate facts but do not change program state. Lead (single source, X-only): INL's X account posted a NVIDIA showcase visit centered on Prometheus on 2026-08-28 — not yet corroborated by INL news or trade press, so not logged as an event. Fall 2026 Genesis Phase II wave: no new Phase II awards announced as of 2026-09-10; late-August/September Genesis news (SRS, SHINE, Illinois-led team) covers other projects, not Prometheus. 2026-09-17 run: (1) fall 2026 Phase II wave has begun — Brookhaven-led GridFM grid foundation model selected 2026-09-01 for $14.2M over three years (separate award, not Prometheus; GE Vernova/NVIDIA/AWS/Microsoft appear as GridFM collaborators, which does not change their Prometheus roles); (2) consortium governance is now public via the INL consortium overview PDF — tier terms ($10M/$6M/<=$5M in-kind), board vs advisory seats, financial firewall, FY-27/28/29 roadmap; (3) Prometheus PI publicly identified as Peter Suyderhoud (R&D World interview, mid-September 2026); (4) Oklo-INL NNSA SPP applying the Prometheus platform to the Pluto reactor (2026-05-12, retroactively logged) is the first public partner-level platform application. Award status unchanged: still in negotiation, subject to appropriations — no funding-action news found.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","doe","ai","nuclear"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","event_count":13},"workstreams":[{"slug":"autonomous-operations","name":"Autonomous Operations","lead_lab":"inl","partners":["argonne","sandia","nvidia"],"description":"AI monitoring of reactor operations, anomaly detection and recommended actions under human oversight. INL demonstrates remote, autonomous reactor power management with real-time operational feedback using on-site test reactors (NRAD; MARVEL expected late 2027); Argonne supplies real-time diagnostics, prognostics and decision-support algorithms; Sandia verifies safeguards and security for autonomous agents.","status":"active","targets":[{"metric":"Operational staffing requirements","target":"50% reduction","source":"https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","notes":"INL program-page counter. Distinct from the program-level goal of halving reactor deployment timelines and operating costs (INL award release)."}],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://www.ans.org/news/article-7774/inl-teams-with-nvidia-in-prometheus-project-to-accelerate-nuclear-deployment/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"high","tags":[],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"data-curation","name":"Data Curation & Preparation","lead_lab":"ornl","partners":["inl","nc-state","amazon-web-services","microsoft"],"description":"Large-scale ingestion and NLP classification of decades of legacy DOE nuclear documentation, technical reports and licensing decisions into a searchable knowledge base for AI-assisted engineering. ORNL leads curation and NLP indexing; INL contributes legacy nuclear data, laboratory data and reactor operational data for digital-twin validation.","status":"active","targets":[{"metric":"Nuclear knowledge base","target":"Legacy DOE corpus converted to an active, searchable AI resource"}],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"high","tags":[],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"design-licensing","name":"AI-Accelerated Design & Licensing","lead_lab":"argonne","partners":["ornl","sandia","inl","x-energy","terrapower","oklo","nc-state"],"description":"AI generation, analysis and verification of reactor designs with traceable licensing documentation for DOE and the NRC. Argonne builds the multi-agent decision framework and physics-informed reduced-order models (analysis compressed from days to hours); ORNL automates HPC confirmatory safety analysis; Sandia establishes formal verification so AI-generated licensing evidence satisfies NRC standards.","status":"active","targets":[{"metric":"Design & licensing workflow time","target":"10x reduction"}],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Lab-to-workstream mapping partially inferred from published lab workscopes (Neutron Bytes 2026-07-24); INL names the five workstreams without assigning leads publicly.","tags":[],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"manufacturing-construction","name":"AI-Enabled Manufacturing & Construction","lead_lab":"ornl","partners":["inl","kiewit-nuclear-solutions","x-energy","standard-nuclear","ge-vernova"],"description":"AI applied to manufacturing planning, construction sequencing and inspection. ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility executes at least 10 AI-enabled workflows from automated component fabrication to machine-executable construction verification; INL applies AI models to advanced nuclear fuel fabrication and quality-control workflows.","status":"active","targets":[{"metric":"Manufacturing cycle time","target":"3x reduction"}],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://www.ornl.gov/project/advancing-ai-nuclear-energy-through-prometheus"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Lead-lab attachment confirmed by ORNL's own Prometheus project page (2026-09-17). Industry partner attachment (X-energy TRISO-X fuel fabrication data; Kiewit EPC role) remains inferred from stated commitments, not yet confirmed per-workstream by INL/ORNL.","tags":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"platform-ai-infrastructure","name":"Platform & AI Infrastructure","lead_lab":"inl","partners":["nvidia","amazon-web-services","microsoft","argonne","hiddenlayer"],"description":"Governed AI orchestration layer and persistent digital thread connecting design, licensing, construction and operations. Integrates with the DOE Genesis Mission Platform and commercial AI tools; containerized for SaaS delivery via the American Science Cloud, AWS Marketplace and Microsoft Azure Marketplace, or self-hosted behind corporate firewalls.","status":"active","targets":[{"metric":"Production platform on Genesis Mission Platform","target":"Initial deployment by March 2027"},{"metric":"Transferable platform specifications","target":"Broader commercial and DOE adoption later in 2027"}],"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"high","tags":[],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":1}],"partner_count":33,"partners":[{"slug":"aalo-atomics","name":"Aalo Atomics","entity_id":"org:aalo-atomics","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Aalo-1 reactor / Aalo Pod (data-center power)"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.aalo.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://x.com/AaloAtomics/status/2079952334365298964","https://nric.inl.gov/developer/aalo-atomics/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-24","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: no new Prometheus-specific role detail beyond the consortium membership and July public statement was found; role remains null and confidence medium. Specific workstream role still not publicly detailed. Watch item: the Oklo–BEA Strategic Partnership Project (2026-05-12) applies INL's Prometheus AI platform to member reactor-design workflows — the template other reactor-developer members (incl. Aalo) may follow. X lead (2026-09-02): CEO Matt Loszak testified before House Science Committee on DOE pilots and NRC treatment of demonstration data.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","microreactor","data-centers"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"alpha-tech-research","name":"Alpha Tech Research Corp","entity_id":"org:alpha-tech-research","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":null,"sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.techbuzznews.com/molten-salt-alphatech-research-corp/","https://gain.inl.gov/ne-23-31248/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: INL roster remains current; no new Prometheus-specific role disclosure found in the company/DOE search pass, so role remains null and confidence low. INL confirms consortium membership. Alpha Tech Research Corp (American Fork, Utah; CEO Matt Memmott, BYU-linked) is an early-stage transportable molten-salt microreactor developer; it has DOE GAIN vouchers with Argonne (2023 award; 2025 moderator-material voucher) — a different program from Prometheus. alphatechresearch.com is a parked domain (no live company site). No Prometheus- or Genesis-Mission-specific statement was found as of 2026-09-10; role remains null and confidence remains low.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","msr"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"alphapx","name":"AlphaPX, Inc.","entity_id":"org:alphapx","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":"Supports nuclear qualification and expert review workflows for Prometheus","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://alphapx.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://alphapx.com/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-24","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: AlphaPX now publicly identifies its Prometheus contribution as supporting nuclear qualification and expert review workflows. Role upgraded from null to this stated scope; confidence medium pending an independent technical description. INL confirms consortium membership. AlphaPX (alphapx.com) is an operational-intelligence / field-service AI startup that converts equipment manuals, service history, and technician expertise into structured repair workflows (MTTR/downtime reduction) for maintenance-heavy industries — a thematic fit with Prometheus's legacy-document and AI-workflow themes. No Prometheus- or Genesis-Mission-specific statement was found on the site, in Google News, or on X as of 2026-09-10; role remains null and confidence remains low.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"amazon-web-services","name":"Amazon Web Services","entity_id":"org:amazon-web-services","type":"industry","category":"cloud","tier":"member","role":"Cloud infrastructure, security protocols and American Science Cloud integration; Prometheus platform distributed through AWS Marketplace.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":"Cloud infrastructure and integration engineering","platform_assets":["AWS cloud","AWS Marketplace"],"workstreams":["platform-ai-infrastructure","data-curation"],"ticker":"AMZN","website":"https://aws.amazon.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://x-energy.com/news/x-energy-joins-project-prometheus-for-ai-accelerated-advanced-nuclear-deployment/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Amazon subsidiary (ticker is parent). Amazon separately holds an equity stake in X-energy with options for >5 GW of Xe-100 deployment by 2039. Re-verified 2026-09-17 via live INL program page: AWS Marketplace distribution and AmSC integration reconfirmed in FAQ; no new Prometheus-specific disclosures. AWS also appears as a collaborator on the separate Brookhaven-led GridFM Genesis Phase II award (2026-09-01), not Prometheus-scoped.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","cloud"],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"ansys","name":"Ansys","entity_id":"org:ansys","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Engineering simulation suite"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.ansys.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-03","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Engineering simulation vendor (Synopsys company); specific role not yet publicly detailed. No new Prometheus-specific disclosure this run (checked 2026-09-03).","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","simulation","software"],"updated_at":"2026-09-03","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"antares-industries","name":"Antares Industries","entity_id":"org:antares-industries","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Mark-0 demonstration microreactor (first advanced-reactor criticality under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program, 2026-06-04 at INL)"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.antaresnuclear.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://antaresindustries.com/updates","https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antares-industries_genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-activity-7485785605050814464-BqJ9"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Factory-produced fission microreactor developer. Active Prometheus contributor per its own statement (2026-07-22); specific in-program role not officially detailed — likely microreactor design/manufacturing data and the Mark-0 as a test/demonstration asset. Company profile: $470M Series C (2026-07-27), Army Janus agreement at Fort Bragg (2026-08-26), Nuclear Energy Launch Pad selection (2026-08-28), TRISO supply agreement with Standard Nuclear (2026-08-27).","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","microreactor"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":2},{"slug":"apollo-atomics","name":"Apollo Atomics","entity_id":"org:apollo-atomics","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://apolloatomics.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://apolloatomics.com/","https://x.com/ApolloAtomics/status/2081078196989026677"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: no second-source Prometheus role description found; the July X statement remains a lead only, so role remains null and confidence low. INL confirms consortium membership. Apollo Atomics (YC P26, MIT spinoff) is developing ultra-compact truck-transportable PWRs (>80 MW, ~40x smaller footprint, <24-month deployment target) and raised a $31M seed led by FCVC announced 2026-08-20 (PR Newswire, corroborated by TechCrunch and Pulse 2.0; >20 GW of signed LOIs reported). Its 2026-07-25 X post is the only public statement of its Prometheus role — X-only, so per tracker policy the role field stays null until a second source appears; tracked as a lead.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"argonne","name":"Argonne National Laboratory","entity_id":"org:argonne","type":"national-lab","category":"national-lab","tier":"partner-lab","role":"AI agent architecture and physics acceleration lead: multi-agent decision framework for engineering/licensing/monitoring/operations agents, physics-informed reduced-order models compressing thermal-hydraulic analysis from days to hours, and autonomous-control decision support. Also leads the Genesis Transformational AI Model Consortium (ModCon), where Prometheus started as a seed team.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL)","Aurora supercomputer"],"workstreams":["design-licensing","platform-ai-infrastructure","autonomous-operations"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.anl.gov","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://inl.gov/news-release/genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-up-safe-affordable-nuclear-energy/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"high","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","national-lab","doe"],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"atalanta","name":"Atalanta","entity_id":"org:atalanta","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":"Formal-methods AI partner: Argo software-understanding platform deployed in service to Prometheus to verify control-system safety constraints and human-in-the-loop workflows, aimed at accelerating power-plant deployment and reducing operational costs.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Argo software-understanding platform"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.atalanta.tech","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.atalanta.tech/articles/inl-announcement"],"last_verified":"2026-09-10","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"INL confirms consortium membership. Atalanta Technologies (Washington, D.C.; emerged from stealth ~May 2026; founders Anjana Rajan and Jonathan Ring) is a mathematical-AI / formal-methods company; its 'Argo for Energy' product verifies that mission-critical control systems meet safety constraints. Role is partner-stated with a named INL quote in the company's announcement, corroborated by the company's X post — but not yet confirmed on inl.gov or by independent trade press, so confidence is medium rather than high.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-09-10","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"atomic-canyon","name":"Atomic Canyon","entity_id":"org:atomic-canyon","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["FERMI nuclear-domain AI models (trained with ORNL on the NRC ADAMS corpus)"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://atomiccanyon.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.linkedin.com/posts/atomic-canyon_atomic-canyon-is-proud-to-be-a-partner-in-activity-7487554553232400384-NuXB","https://www.powermag.com/inl-enlists-nvidia-on-prometheus-ai-effort-to-halve-nuclear-deployment-timelines-under-doe-genesis-mission/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-03","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Nuclear-domain AI startup; partner statement on Prometheus posted to LinkedIn (late July 2026). FERMI models trained with ORNL on the NRC ADAMS corpus fit the legacy-document-management and data-curation scope; POWER Mag notes NVIDIA stack work with Atomic Canyon at US nuclear plants. Specific in-program workstream still not officially detailed.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","nuclear-ai","licensing"],"updated_at":"2026-09-03","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"deployable-energy","name":"Deployable Energy","entity_id":"org:deployable-energy","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.deployable.energy","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.deployable.energy"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: company and trade coverage confirm the Unity reactor and INL testing, but no Prometheus-specific workstream or role disclosure was found; role remains null and confidence low. INL confirms consortium membership. Deployable Energy (Houston) develops the mass-manufactured 1 MW Unity Nuclear Battery (transportable, standard 5% LEU, 5-year core swaps). No Prometheus- or Genesis-Mission-specific statement was found on the company blog (13 posts reviewed, Feb-Aug 2026), in Google News, or on X as of 2026-09-10; role remains null and confidence remains low. Recent company news (context, not Prometheus-scoped): Unity criticality at INL (2026-07-01); Hornbeck Offshore maritime demonstration partnership (2026-08-28); Solaris Energy Infrastructure strategic investment (2026-08-10); DOE Nuclear Energy Launch Pad selection (2026-04-27). The INL siting is a natural overlap with Prometheus's test infrastructure but no public tie has been stated.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","microreactor"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"everstar","name":"Everstar","entity_id":"org:everstar","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":"Licensing and regulatory AI 'lab' of the program: Gordian platform (built on Microsoft Azure) converts reactor safety analyses into NRC-equivalent license application sections — the NRIC Generic HTGR Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis became a 208-page license application document in a single day versus a typical 4-6 week expert effort.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":"Gordian AI licensing/compliance platform (Azure-hosted) and nuclear regulatory workflow data","platform_assets":["Gordian AI licensing platform"],"workstreams":["design-licensing"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.everstar.ai","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.everstar.ai/news/everstar-major-milestone-in-the-genesis-mission","https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/department-energy-unleashes-ai-reduce-reactor-licensing-timelines","https://www.everstar.ai/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-10","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"INL confirms consortium membership. Strongest public role definition among the long-tail partners: Everstar (NYC; founder/CEO Kevin Kong; $4M raise Feb 2025) calls itself 'the AI lab' of the Genesis Mission, corroborated by a DOE Office of Nuclear Energy feature article (tier-1 source), so confidence is high. Role statement predates the 2026-07-22 Phase II award and is framed around the Genesis Mission licensing-AI effort that became Prometheus's design-licensing workstream. No capital commitment to the program has been stated. Gordian 'Free Dave' campaign (May 2026) extends the platform toward plant-ops workflows.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","nuclear-ai"],"updated_at":"2026-09-10","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"ge-vernova","name":"GE Vernova","entity_id":"org:ge-vernova","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["BWRX-300 SMR (via GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy)"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":"GEV","website":"https://www.gevernova.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/prometheus-project-selected-for-federal-support","https://etfdb.com/nuclear-energy-content-hub/project-prometheus-ai/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Named consortium partner; specific workstream role not yet publicly detailed. Single-source claim (ETF Database, low authority) that GE Vernova is working on steam turbine-related research for the Genesis Mission — unverified lead, tracked here; no Prometheus mention found in recent GEV disclosures this run.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","smr","bwr"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"hgp-intelligent-energy","name":"HGP Intelligent Energy","entity_id":"org:hgp-intelligent-energy","type":"industry","category":"unknown","tier":"member","role":"Contributes the NTH-Sim AI digital twin and variable-frequency-drive reactor coolant-pump technologies; HGP says it is working with Argonne on validation and verification.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://hgpenergy.com/","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://hgpenergy.com/","https://www.enterprisenews.com/press-release/story/140094/hgp-intelligent-energy-joins-does-230-million-nuclear-ai-moonshot-targeting-reactors-that-follow-data-center-load/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-27","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"INL confirms consortium membership. HGP's July 22 press release is the only source found that details a Prometheus-specific contribution; treat the role and Argonne validation claim as medium-confidence pending a second independent source. HGP's site independently describes the underlying digital-twin and variable-speed coolant-pump technologies.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-08-27","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"hiddenlayer","name":"HiddenLayer","entity_id":"org:hiddenlayer","type":"industry","category":"security","tier":"member","role":"AI security for the Prometheus platform — identifies vulnerabilities and adversarially tests and protects AI models and applications across the AI lifecycle (AI supply-chain security, attack simulation, runtime protection)","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["AI security platform (model scanning, adversarial ML defense)"],"workstreams":["platform-ai-infrastructure"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://hiddenlayer.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiddenlayer-selected-to-support-does-60-million-prometheus-initiative-under-the-genesis-mission-302853514.html","https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/doe-nuclear-ai-program-prometheus-adds-security-partner,137466"],"last_verified":"2026-09-03","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Role publicly detailed via company announcement (2026-08-18), carried by trade press (Environment+Energy Leader). Workstream attachment remains inferred: security spans the governed platform layer. Not yet INL/DOE-confirmed in name, so confidence stays medium.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","ai-security"],"updated_at":"2026-09-03","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"inl","name":"Idaho National Laboratory","entity_id":"org:inl","type":"national-lab","category":"national-lab","tier":"lead","role":"Overall lead and systems integrator. Leads real-time digital twin architectures, autonomous operations and control demonstrations, and AI-enabled nuclear fuel fabrication; houses central testing environments and coordinates multi-partner deployment.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":"Decades of legacy nuclear and laboratory data; on-site test reactors for digital-twin validation","platform_assets":["Advanced Test Reactor","Materials and Fuels Complex","Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)","Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD)","MARVEL microreactor (expected late 2027)"],"workstreams":["platform-ai-infrastructure","autonomous-operations","manufacturing-construction","data-curation"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://inl.gov","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://inl.gov/news-release/genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-up-safe-affordable-nuclear-energy/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://inl.gov/content/uploads/2026/09/Prometheus-Industry-Partnership-Consortium-Overview.pdf","https://www.rdworldonline.com/inls-60-million-nuclear-ai-project-will-spend-the-first-year-testing-where-ai-agents-can-help-and-where-they-might-hurt/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"high","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","national-lab","doe"],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":3},{"slug":"kiewit-nuclear-solutions","name":"Kiewit Nuclear Solutions","entity_id":"org:kiewit-nuclear-solutions","type":"industry","category":"epc","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":["manufacturing-construction"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.kiewit.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/prometheus-project-selected-for-federal-support","https://www.linkedin.com/posts/coreykmcdaniel_kiewit-is-proud-to-partner-with-idaho-national-activity-7485877641011662848-_DuN"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"EPC partner; Kiewit is the constructor on TerraPower's Natrium plant. Workstream attachment inferred from EPC role. Partner statement on Prometheus posted by Kiewit's Corey McDaniel (LinkedIn, 2026-07-22). Specific in-program deliverables not yet officially detailed.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","epc"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"microsoft","name":"Microsoft","entity_id":"org:microsoft","type":"industry","category":"cloud","tier":"member","role":"Cloud infrastructure and American Science Cloud integration; Prometheus platform distribution via Microsoft Azure ⁠Marketplace.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":"Cloud infrastructure and integration engineering","platform_assets":["Azure cloud","Azure Marketplace"],"workstreams":["platform-ai-infrastructure","data-curation"],"ticker":"MSFT","website":"https://www.microsoft.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Re-verified 2026-09-17 via live INL program page: Azure Marketplace distribution and AmSC integration reconfirmed in FAQ; no new Prometheus-specific disclosures. Microsoft also appears as a collaborator on the separate Brookhaven-led GridFM Genesis Phase II award (2026-09-01), not Prometheus-scoped.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","cloud"],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"nc-state","name":"North Carolina State University","entity_id":"org:nc-state","type":"university","category":"university","tier":"university","role":"Academic research in reactor physics, ⁠thermal-hydraulics, data curation and model validation.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":["design-licensing","data-curation"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.ncsu.edu","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-08-12","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","university"],"updated_at":"2026-08-12","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"nvidia","name":"NVIDIA","entity_id":"org:nvidia","type":"industry","category":"ai-compute","tier":"member","role":"Founding technology partner since the February 2026 seed phase: GPU-accelerated computing, Omniverse digital-twin infrastructure, and generative AI model architectures for complex physics; accelerating nuclear simulation codes (MOOSE, BISON, Griffin, Pronghorn) on GPU architectures.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":"GPU computing and AI infrastructure; Omniverse digital-twin stack","platform_assets":["Omniverse","GPU/AI infrastructure"],"workstreams":["platform-ai-infrastructure","autonomous-operations"],"ticker":"NVDA","website":"https://www.nvidia.com","sources":["https://www.ans.org/news/article-7774/inl-teams-with-nvidia-in-prometheus-project-to-accelerate-nuclear-deployment/","https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/","https://inl.gov/content/uploads/2026/09/Prometheus-Industry-Partnership-Consortium-Overview.pdf"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Press describes Prometheus as 'led by INL, NVIDIA and AWS'; no public dollar tier disclosed (INL consortium overview confirms tier structure but not per-partner tiers beyond board-seat logic). NVIDIA also appears as a collaborator on the separate Brookhaven-led GridFM Genesis Phase II award (2026-09-01), not Prometheus-scoped.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","ai","digital-twin"],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":2},{"slug":"oklo","name":"Oklo","entity_id":"org:oklo","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":"Connects proprietary multiphysics design infrastructure to Prometheus, streamlining engineering for its fast reactor program.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Multiphysics design infrastructure"],"workstreams":["design-licensing"],"ticker":"OKLO","website":"https://oklo.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2026/Oklo-and-Idaho-National-Laboratory-to-Employ-AI-Enabled-Reactor-Design-for-Advanced-Nuclear-Systems/default.aspx","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Pluto naming confirmed by Oklo's own release: Pluto is the reactor system designed for plutonium-bearing fuels, part of DOE's Reactor Pilot Program; Aurora remains Oklo's flagship commercial powerhouse. 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INL confirms consortium membership. Standard Nuclear (Oak Ridge, TN roots; CEO Kurt Terrani) is a TRISO/HALEU fuel company — now public (ticker STDN) after a $140M Series A (Jan 2026). Membership acknowledged only via an X quote-post of INL's award announcement (2026-07-22, x.com/standardnuclear/status/2080027280445747677); no press release or newsroom item details its Prometheus role. Fuel-supply activity: TRISO supply agreements with Radiant (2026-08-20) and 'Antares Nuclear' (2026-08-27) — possible overlap with consortium partner Antares Industries is unverified; Oklo strategic alliance (2026-06-16); DOE Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program advanced negotiations (2026-06-03). Implied TRISO-manufacturing data role is not publicly stated; role remains null and confidence remains low.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","triso","fuel"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"strange-mood-engineering","name":"Strange Mood Engineering","entity_id":"org:strange-mood-engineering","type":"industry","category":"software","tier":"member","role":"Agentic engineering platform for design/licensing workflows and legacy-document review","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://strange.mood.engineering","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://strange.mood.engineering","https://strange.mood.engineering/news/project-prometheus"],"last_verified":"2026-09-24","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: company Prometheus announcement details an agentic engineering platform contribution to design/licensing workflows and legacy-document review. Role upgraded from null to this stated scope; confidence medium pending an independent technical description. INL confirms consortium membership. Strange Mood Engineering describes itself as 'the agentic engineering platform for nuclear, aerospace, and defense programs: one data core your team and its AI agents both work from, with full traceability' (single-page site; no team, location, or funding details published; no findable X or LinkedIn presence). No Prometheus- or Genesis-Mission-specific statement was found as of 2026-09-10; role remains null and confidence remains low. (strangemood.org is an unrelated squatted domain — canonical site is strange.mood.engineering.)","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"terrapower","name":"TerraPower","entity_id":"org:terrapower","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":"Applies AI-driven design optimization and manufacturing automation across the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor program.","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Natrium (SFR + molten salt storage)"],"workstreams":["design-licensing","manufacturing-construction"],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.terrapower.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Cross-reference: Natrium Kemmerer-1 is tracked in the NNN Reactor Project Tracker (natrium-kemmerer-1). Re-verified 2026-09-17: R&D World's September 2026 interview with Prometheus PI Peter Suyderhoud names TerraPower among the program's industry partners (alongside X-energy); no new role detail beyond existing design-licensing and manufacturing-construction attachment.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","sfr","natrium","terrapower"],"updated_at":"2026-09-17","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"triastron","name":"Triastron","entity_id":"org:triastron","type":"industry","category":"security","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://triastron.com/","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://triastron.com/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: current company profile confirms sensor/software systems for process monitoring, cyber-physical security and safeguards/MC&A, but no Prometheus-specific role disclosure; role remains null and confidence low. INL confirms consortium membership. Triastron Technology Corporation (Washington, D.C.) builds integrated sensor/software systems for process monitoring, cyber-physical security, and safeguards/MC&A across advanced reactors and fuel-cycle facilities; team includes co-founders Joan Rohlfing (also NTI president), Arjun Rohlfing (CEO), and Michael Johnson (CTO), with advisors Dan Poneman, Jill Hruby, Adm. Frank Caldwell, and Chris Hanson. Its safeguards/security focus is a plausible Prometheus fit (data curation and platform security themes) but no Prometheus-specific role was stated on the site, in news, or on X as of 2026-09-10; role remains null and confidence remains low.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"ut-austin","name":"University of Texas at Austin","entity_id":"org:ut-austin","type":"university","category":"university","tier":"university","role":"AI and nuclear reactor digital twins — Kevin Clarno (Walker Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Oden Institute affiliate) leads a team of eight UT researchers on Prometheus, building on state-of-Texas-funded prior work","board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["Reactor digital-twin expertise (Clarno group)","Texas Advanced Computing Center resources (adjacent Oden/UT capability)"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.utexas.edu","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://news.utexas.edu/2026/07/22/department-of-energys-new-ai-for-science-genesis-mission-awards-funding-to-5-ut-research-projects/","https://oden.utexas.edu/news-and-events/news/Oden-Institute-Faculty-Selected-for-Department-of-Energy-Genesis-Mission/"],"last_verified":"2026-09-03","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Role publicly detailed by UT Austin (2026-07-22): digital twins + AI for reactor development. Specific workstream attachment not yet stated; digital twin spans design-licensing and platform. TACC/Oden compute named for the Phase I projects, not explicitly for Prometheus.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","university"],"updated_at":"2026-09-03","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"ut-knoxville","name":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","entity_id":"org:ut-knoxville","type":"university","category":"university","tier":"university","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.utk.edu","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/08/nc-state-genesis-mission-projects/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: no Prometheus-specific UTK role or project page found; adjacent Genesis references remain non-confirmatory, so role remains null and confidence low. Named university partner (proximate to ORNL). Prometheus-specific role still not publicly detailed. UTK researchers (Fnu Suya, Mahshid Ahmadi) appear as collaborators on NC State-led Genesis Phase I projects (agentic-AI security; astrophysics simulations) — adjacent Genesis work, not confirmed as Prometheus scope.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","university"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":0},{"slug":"valar-atomics","name":"Valar Atomics","entity_id":"org:valar-atomics","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":[],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://www.valaratomics.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.valaratomics.com","https://energylab.utah.gov/nuclear-energy/valar-atomics/","https://www.valaratomics.com/docs/Announcing-our-1B-Series-B-Led-By-Sequoia","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/valar-atomics-achieves-criticality-in-doe-reactor-pilot-program"],"last_verified":"2026-10-01","verified":true,"confidence":"low","notes":"2026-09-24 verification: company materials confirm HTGR/gigasite and Ward-250 work, but no Prometheus-specific role disclosure; role remains null and confidence low. Vertically integrated HTGR developer (Ward 250; test reactor hosted at Utah San Rafael Energy Lab; criticality under DOE Reactor Pilot Program per WNN; powered an NVIDIA Blackwell chip in a reported US-first demo; 30 MW waterless 'AI factory' collaboration with NVIDIA reported 2026-07). Prior raise lead now resolved: the $1B Sequoia-led Series B (plus $200M credit facility) was confirmed on the company's docs page, announced 2026-08-04. Prometheus-specific role still not public; role remains null and confidence remains low.","tags":["prometheus","genesis-mission","reactor-startup"],"updated_at":"2026-10-01","milestone_count":1},{"slug":"westinghouse","name":"Westinghouse Electric Corporation","entity_id":"org:westinghouse","type":"industry","category":"reactor-developer","tier":"member","role":null,"board_seat":null,"capital_committed_usd":null,"in_kind":null,"platform_assets":["AP1000","AP300","eVinci microreactor"],"workstreams":[],"ticker":null,"website":"https://westinghousenuclear.com","sources":["https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/prometheus-project-selected-for-federal-support"],"last_verified":"2026-09-17","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Named consortium partner; specific workstream role not yet publicly detailed. Westinghouse runs its own AI programs (HiVE/bertha with Google Cloud). 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