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Prometheus Tracker

Idaho National Laboratory

Lead laboratory · National laboratory

Role in Prometheus

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.

Commitments

TierLead laboratory
CategoryNational laboratory
Board seat
Capital committed
In-kindDecades of legacy nuclear and laboratory data; on-site test reactors for digital-twin validation
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Assets brought to the program

  • Advanced Test Reactor
  • Materials and Fuels Complex
  • Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)
  • Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD)
  • MARVEL microreactor (expected late 2027)

Workstreams

Milestone log

  • 2026-02-17INL and NVIDIA announce Genesis Mission public-private partnership; nuclear challenge codenamed Prometheus (source)
  • 2026-07-22DOE selects INL-led Prometheus for the first Genesis Mission Phase II award — $60M over three years, largest of 278 selections (source)

Sources

  1. https://inl.gov/artificial-intelligence/prometheus/
  2. https://inl.gov/news-release/genesis-mission-funds-ai-innovation-to-speed-up-safe-affordable-nuclear-energy/
  3. https://neutronbytes.com/2026/07/24/doe-launches-60m-ai-initiative-to-speed-up-deployment-of-nuclear-energy-in-the-u-s/