Nuclearn Launches Nuclearn Link to Turn Plant P&IDs into AI-Ready Drawings

New product automates P&ID digitization, including piping and connection detection, so plant staff can query their drawings in plain language through AtomAssist and other AI assistants.

PHOENIX, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuclearn, a leading AI solutions company built for the nuclear industry, today announced Nuclearn Link for P&IDs, a product that reads a plant's existing piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and converts them into a connected, AI-ready model of the facility. Once a drawing set is loaded, staff can ask questions about it in plain language through Nuclearn's AtomAssist, other AI assistants, or an in-house agent.

Tracing P&IDs has long been manual work that consumes hundreds of hours of staff time. Many digitizing tools can recognize components, but reading the piping and connections between them remains a challenge. Nuclearn Link is designed to automate the bulk of that work. It reads both components and the connections between them to produce interactive P&IDs with a high degree of reliability and accuracy.

Works with the drawings plants already have. Nuclearn Link accepts PDFs, raster scans, images, MicroStation DGN files, and zip archives, including decades-old scans and aperture cards. No CAD redraw is required. It identifies the valves, pumps, tanks, instruments, and pipe and signal lines on every sheet, then joins sheets together at their off-page connectors.

One connected model, queryable by any AI assistant. Through Nuclearn's connectors, operators can ask AtomAssist, other AI assistants, or their own agents what a valve connects to, follow a line across sheets, or trace a system boundary. Results flag open ends and unconfirmed sheet links, so the assistant reports gaps in the drawing data instead of hiding them. Users can correct misread symbols directly, and every correction is logged and carried forward when drawings are re-read.

"Plants have invested decades in their drawings, but most of that knowledge is locked in static files that AI can't use," said Brad Fox, CEO of Nuclearn. "Nuclearn Link turns those drawings into something an AI can read, reason over, and answer questions about. That helps our customers scope work faster and answer questions about their systems with confidence."

Use cases include:

• Scoping clearances. Trace a component's isolation boundary across linked sheets, listing valves to close, drains and vents, relief paths, valves not credited as closing, and any open ends or unconfirmed sheet links, as a starting point for the clearance writer to check against the drawings.
• Scoping design changes. Find every component and line connected to a planned change, across sheets.
• Troubleshooting valves and pumps. See what a valve or pump connects to, upstream and downstream, including across sheet edges.

Built for nuclear security and compliance. Nuclearn Link is hosted by Nuclearn in its own datacenter on Nuclearn-owned hardware, not a public cloud. It uses Nuclearn platform sign-in and roles, supports 10 CFR Part 810 export-control requirements, and is backed by Nuclearn's ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.

Availability. Nuclearn Link is available now. It is included for AtomAssist users, and the web app, API and MCP server are also offered on their own. To book a demo, visit https://nuclearn.ai/products/link-for-pids/.

About Nuclearn
Nuclearn builds AI software designed specifically for the nuclear industry. Founded in 2021 by industry veterans and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the company's platform is built on AtomAssist, the plant AI. Nuclearn's products are used at more than 70 nuclear facilities across North America to automate the engineering, maintenance, and compliance work that drives operational backlogs. Customers include operating plants, advanced reactor developers, engineering firms, and construction firms, served through offerings that range from individual AI tools for nuclear's most complex problems to fully outsourced functions such as CAP as a managed service. The platform integrates with existing systems such as Maximo and SAP, is built for 10 CFR Part 810 export-control compliance, and is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified. Learn more at www.nuclearn.ai.

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