DIGITAL & IT | WORKING SMARTER
Working smarter in nuclear
AI tools are evolving with the goal of transforming the industry, not by replacing decision-makers but by freeing them from repetitive
administrative tasks. Nuclearn sprang from nuclear engineers snowed under with complex documentation requirements. Brad Fox, CEO & Co-Founder, and Jerrold Vincent, CFO & Co-Founder spoke to NEI about the role of AI, the inspiration behind their platform and the next steps to a smarter nuclear industry.
IN AN ERA WHERE NUCLEAR energy is being called upon to meet global decarbonisation and reliability goals, the workforce behind it is being stretched thin. Between regulatory pressure, aging infrastructure, and increasingly complex documentation requirements, nuclear professionals spend a growing portion of their day on paperwork – not engineering. Nuclearn is aiming to change that by harnessing the power of AI. Founded by Brad Fox and Jerrold Vincent, Nuclearn was
created because the pair were exhausted by inefficiency within the nuclear industry. With its private, secure AI solutions designed to accelerate documentation, streamline compliance, and increase engineering capacity. The platform, which they say is grounded in plant reality rather than Silicon Valley theory, has already been deployed across more than 50 facilities in the US, Canada, and the UK. NEI spoke with Brad and Jerrold to talk about what they’re
building, why it matters now, and how AI can make nuclear power more effective, not just more efficient.
NEI: Let’s start with the big picture – what problem is Nuclearn solving in nuclear today? Brad Fox, CEO & Co-Founder: It really starts with the people. Nuclear was never supposed to be this bloated from a staffing standpoint. Go back to the 1950s and 1960s, those early plant designers were imagining that these facilities could be run with 300 or 400 people. But today, many sites are staffing 700 to 800 or more per reactor. And the problem isn’t safety or operations. The bloat
is in documentation, compliance, procedure writing, and administrative burden. That’s the hidden cost of nuclear power. You’re paying highly trained engineers and operators to do manual, repetitive tasks that are necessary but slow and frustrating.
Above: Nulearn founders believe AI will become as essential as the control room Source: ANS 20 | August 2025 |
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