DoE Harnesses AI for Energy Innovation

The Genesis Mission seeks to accelerate research, reactors and reservoirs.

David Brown, Explorer Correspondent

1 September, 2026

Idaho National Laboratory’s Prometheus project will use AI throughout the nuclear-reactor lifecycle, including design, licensing, manufacturing, construction and operations. Photo courtesy of Idaho National Laboratory.

Most Americans would associate the Genesis project either with “Star Trek” or, somewhat more recently, with NASA as part of the space agency’s former satellite program. But the United States has an ongoing Genesis Mission today with billions of dollars committed to scientific research, including energy research.

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