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  "architecture": "separate safety and business networks; deterministic data export; protected load-shedding; independent cooling and shutdown paths; grid-island planning; fuel and supply-chain assurance; licensing and currentness records",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://xn--mwe.com/knowledge/nuclear-powered-compute/",
  "claimStatus": "PROJECT DOCTRINE",
  "contradictionIds": [
    "CON-K04-STRAT-016"
  ],
  "correctionStatus": "CURRENT K05 RELEASE",
  "doctrine": "Project doctrine treats nuclear power as a mission-continuity option, not a security exemption. Co-location requires stronger separation, consequence engineering, test evidence, and recovery planning than an ordinary campus.",
  "evidenceLimitationIds": [
    "LIM-K04-STRAT-019"
  ],
  "focus": "advanced nuclear supply, behind-the-meter or grid-connected power, load continuity, safety boundaries, and coupled infrastructure risk",
  "id": "K01-TOPIC-018",
  "knowledgeEdgeIds": [
    "EDGE-K04-STRAT-002"
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  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "law": "Nuclear safety, physical protection, cyber security, environmental, grid-reliability, emergency-planning, siting, and market rules remain jurisdiction-specific and design-specific.",
  "name": "Nuclear-Powered Compute",
  "relatedQuestionUrls": [
    "https://xn--mwe.com/questions/does-nuclear-power-make-a-datacenter-grid-independent/",
    "https://xn--mwe.com/questions/what-is-the-minimum-cyber-boundary-between-reactor-and-datacenter/",
    "https://xn--mwe.com/questions/what-changed-in-the-advanced-reactor-security-framework-in-2026/"
  ],
  "relatedReportIds": [
    "REP-K04-051"
  ],
  "relatedTermIds": [
    "K01-TERM-155",
    "K01-TERM-156",
    "K01-TERM-157",
    "K01-TERM-158",
    "K01-TERM-178"
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  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "researchCutoff": "2026-08-16",
  "risk": "describing nuclear supply as grid independence can hide continuing dependencies on substations, maintenance, fuel, communications, water, emergency systems, and regulatory authorization",
  "short": "Nuclear-powered compute combines datacenter infrastructure with reliable nuclear generation or contracted nuclear output; the energy relationship can improve continuity while creating new cyber-physical, regulatory, grid, and protection dependencies.",
  "slug": "nuclear-powered-compute",
  "sourceRevalidatedAt": "2026-08-15T23:00:00Z",
  "sources": [
    "SRC-GOOGLE-KAIROS-2024",
    "SRC-CONSTELLATION-MICROSOFT-2024",
    "SRC-CONSTELLATION-META-2025",
    "SRC-NRC-10CFR-73-54",
    "SRC-NRC-ADVANCED-REACTOR-PHYSICAL-SECURITY"
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  "type": "Topic"
}