NERS publishes report on machine learning and microreactors
July 9, 2025, 9:31AMANS Nuclear Cafe

The compact, transportable Holos-Quad microreactor, developed by HolosGen, is shown housed within a standard 40-foot ISO container. (Image: HolosGen)
The University of Michigan’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS) has published a summary of a study on nuclear microreactors and machine learning (ML) that was conducted by researchers from NERS and Idaho National Laboratory. The full paper, “Nuclear Microreactor Transient and Load-Following Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning,” was featured in the July issue of Energy Conversion and Management: X.
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