The following is a press release from TerraPower

TerraPower, a leading nuclear innovation company, and SoftServe, a digital engineering and technology consulting company, today, released a preview of the NVIDIA Omniverse-powered engineering platform they are designing that will rapidly accelerate the siting and design of the Natrium advanced nuclear energy plant¹ from years to months.

The platform is built with NVIDIA Omniverse operating system and applies cutting-edge digital twin technology to address some of nuclear power’s biggest design bottlenecks―early-stage site engineering and design packages. This AI-powered digital twin compresses what once took engineering teams years to complete into mere weeks by analyzing thousands of variables simultaneously. The platform goes beyond digitizing design files by embedding different plant designs and layouts into geotechnical modeling, grid interconnection analysis and site-specific layout optimization. This acceleration enables projects to move through critical milestones faster and deliver the next generation of advanced nuclear facilities sooner.

“To meet growing power demand, advanced nuclear plants must move to construction faster, with higher design precision and disciplined execution,” said Eric Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at TerraPower. “With our initial Natrium plant design complete, we are able to leverage our partnerships with NVIDIA and SoftServe to deploy an AI-powered digital twin to enhance our engineering teams efforts and greatly improve our speed to market capabilities.”

“Nuclear site engineering has always been expensive to get wrong—and until now, teams couldn’t really see the constraints until they were already committed to a layout,” said Dennis Loktinov, Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions at SoftServe. “What we built with TerraPower on NVIDIA Omniverse changes that. Exclusion zones, terrain conflicts, cost tradeoffs—all of it is now visible in 3D, in real time, before a single dollar goes to construction. The bottleneck was never due to capability—it was the time it took to trust the design. We’ve removed that.”

“Using simulation and AI powered by NVIDIA, TerraPower and SoftServe are transforming how the world designs, licenses, permits, builds and operates advanced nuclear power plants,” said Marc Spieler, Senior Managing Director, Energy at NVIDIA. “This shows how digital twin technology can dramatically compress timelines and help deliver clean, reliable energy faster than ever before.”

TerraPower’s Natrium reactor and energy storage system can be deployed in single, dual or quad unit configurations, offering between 500 MW and 2 GW of clean, flexible power. The demonstration released today highlights the seamless AI-powered functionality of reducing site-specific design work from 18 months to as short as eight weeks.

About TerraPower

TerraPower is a leading nuclear innovation company that strives to improve the world through nuclear energy and science. Since it was founded by Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries, TerraPower has emerged as an incubator and developer of ideas and technologies that offer energy independence, environmental sustainability, medical advancement and other cutting-edge opportunities. It accepts and tackles some of the world’s most difficult challenges. Behind each of its innovations and programs, TerraPower actively works to bring together the strengths and experiences of the world’s public and private sectors to answer pressing global needs. Learn more at terrapower.com.

About SoftServe

SoftServe is a digital engineering and technology consulting company specializing in AI, data, and cloud solutions. We decode complexities and reveal technology’s full potential to rapidly unlock new possibilities for businesses, industries, and the communities they serve. Our global expertise is anchored in local understanding. From strategy to execution, we elevate technology into a force for growth, progress, and lasting impact. Visit the SoftServe website, blog, LinkedIn and contact pages for more information.