arXiv:2606.07866v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Regulatory review of advanced nuclear reactor designs routinely spans more than three years and consumes hundreds of millions of dollars in combined regulator and applicant labor. We present the Regulatory Context Protocol (RCP), an Agent-to-Agent communication standard that replaces the formal human-to-human pipeline between regulators and applicants with a structured, auditable agentic channel, while preserving human oversight at safety-significant decision points. The protocol is calibrated against an analysis of 1,236 documents from U.S. Nucl
The increasing complexity and cost of advanced nuclear regulatory processes, coupled with rapid advancements in AI agent technology, converge to make this a timely solution for a critical bottleneck.
This development proposes a significant acceleration in the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies, critical for addressing energy demands and climate goals, by streamlining a historically slow regulatory process.
The formal human-to-human regulatory pipeline for complex engineering projects like nuclear reactors could be significantly automated and standardized, shifting human involvement to oversight of agentic interactions.
- · Advanced Nuclear Reactor Developers
- · AI Agent Software Providers
- · Energy Sector
- · Regulatory Bodies (efficiency)
- · Bureaucratic Regulatory Processes
- · Legacy Consulting Firms (focused on manual regulatory navigation)
Faster and cheaper regulatory approval for advanced nuclear reactor designs.
Accelerated development and deployment of new nuclear power infrastructure, impacting energy supply and climate change mitigation.
Broad adoption of agent-to-agent regulatory protocols across other complex, heavily regulated industries, transforming compliance and approval timelines globally.
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