The International RegLab Joint Project brought together approximately 40 participants from eight countries for the RegLab Deep Dive Workshop in Jeju, Korea on 6-8 May 2026. Co-ordinated under the auspices of the NEA in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ISOP Network (IAEA/ISOP) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the project aims to facilitate international co-operation during the initial phases of innovative technology consideration in the nuclear sector. This workshop was part of a broader series of exercises designed to address the deployment of disruptive technologies.
Hosted by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), the RegLab Deep Dive invited representatives from regulators, licensees, technologists and national laboratories to explore the safety implications of using artificial intelligence (AI) in both human supervised and a fully autonomous scenarios. The group examined AI agents tasked with optimising equipment reliability and maintenance planning within the framework of INPO AP-913 and AP-928 processes.
A central feature of the RegLab process is its ability to gather diverse representatives from regulatory, operational, and technology communities. The participants consider how to overcome blockers and challenges and identify further work the sector (including the regulators) can perform to support the deployment and regulation of the innovative technologies.
The findings will be published in a forthcoming public report. The next phase, RegLab #3, will consider remote operations through a series of virtual workshops later in 2026.
The event followed the workshop on AI and nuclear energy held on 4-6 May 2026 and co-organised by NEA and KAERI.
