The Chinese Academy of Sciences unveiled a new AI system called ADANES at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, designed to control nuclear reactors.
This system is touted by experts as a means to enhance nuclear energy safety, yet the current ‘black box’ nature of AI contradicts the stringent safety requirements of the nuclear sector.
ADANES consists of five layers, including a unified data infrastructure, physics-native world models, physical system control, intelligent-agent coordination, and continuous evolution.
China is also developing a national-scale supportive infrastructure to create an engineering verification platform for ADANES.
The integration of AI into the nuclear energy sector is already underway, with tech giants like Microsoft and NVIDIA rolling out AI-powered toolkits.
