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
| Tier | Lead laboratory |
| Category | National laboratory |
| Board seat | — |
| Capital committed | — |
| In-kind | Decades of legacy nuclear and laboratory data; on-site test reactors for digital-twin validation |
| Ticker | — |
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
- Platform & AI Infrastructure
- Autonomous Operations
- AI-Enabled Manufacturing & Construction
- Data Curation & Preparation
Milestone log
- 2026-02-17 — INL and NVIDIA announce Genesis Mission public-private partnership; nuclear challenge codenamed Prometheus (source)
- 2026-07-22 — DOE selects INL-led Prometheus for the first Genesis Mission Phase II award — $60M over three years, largest of 278 selections (source)