You're not buying a reactor yet, but the day you do, your training timeline is already running. Most SMR operators wait too long to engage a training partner. We'd rather talk to you while there's still time to shape the program, not rebuild it.
We've been working shoulder-to-shoulder with the team who'll one day hand your operators a training package.
SMR training isn't a procurement sprint at the end, it's a multi-year program. The window where our expertise shifts your trajectory the most is the window most operators wait too long to enter.
When a nuclear facility already runs VISION for operations and wants to bundle a new sector, like a Small Modular Reactor program, the shared ILO architecture means overlapping knowledge components are reused, not rebuilt. If you're an existing operator, an SMR program just builds onto your existing training infrastructure, same platform, same records, same auditable qualification framework.
When your SMR vendor hands over materials, they'll be in a format VISION can already ingest. When your instructors need to generate scenarios, MADDIE is running on an isolated cloud, designed for nuclear from day one.
Full ISD-lifecycle training platform. INPO 2.0, NRC, NERC PER-005. Now cloud-hosted on AWS GovCloud, ready for SMR fleets from day one.
A nuclear-safe AI assistant built on isolated cloud infrastructure. Real-time guidance for instructors and trainees, predictive analysis for program managers, never on the public internet.
If your utility is standing up a Program Management Office, you're starting to ask questions like these. We've been working through them alongside the SMR vendors, the same vendors who will deliver materials to you.
At a minimum: 10 CFR Part 55 for operator licensing, NERC PER-005-3 for personnel training on the bulk electric system, and alignment with INPO 2.0 for accreditation. Most operators also adopt the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT) as the backbone.
The stack isn't optional, it's a stack. Gaps between layers are where enforcement findings live.
The regulatory framework is largely the same, but the evidence to satisfy it is different. SMR staffing models, control room footprints, and passive safety features change how you demonstrate competency. The NRC has been publishing guidance since 2022; most of it is still being interpreted.
The operators getting ahead are the ones who've read it alongside someone who's lived through an SAT accreditation cycle.
Yes, but 'materials' means different things to different vendors. Some hand you fully developed lesson plans; others hand you a reactor physics textbook and a handshake. All of it still needs to be translated into your SAT, your simulator, your qualification framework.
We know this because we're already working with the engineers writing those materials.
Mechanically, yes. Strategically, it depends. A multi-design fleet multiplies your qualification matrix, your instructor load, and your audit surface. We've helped operators model both paths, the answer is usually 'yes, but build the program around common SAT scaffolding from day one.'
INPO accreditation is the industry's peer-reviewed stamp that your training program meets SAT and 2.0 expectations. For commercial US nuclear operators, it's effectively required. For SMR program offices, it's the fastest way to demonstrate defensibility to your board, insurer, and regulator, in that order.
Smaller footprint, fewer operators per unit, more automation, higher reliance on the simulator for rare-event competency. The training program that worked for a 1,200 MW PWR won't drop into a 77 MW SMR unchanged. The methodology transfers; the materials don't.
Earlier than you think. For FOAK start-up five years out, your training organization needs to be hiring, writing, and running dry-runs by year two. The clock starts before the concrete pour, and it's already running.
A call with our SMR team. No deck, no sales pitch, just a frank conversation about where you are on the timeline and what the next phase should look like.
