AI Policy & Nuclear Precedent Matrix Workbench

Transformative Tech Risk Mapping

Public Fear Index vs. Regulatory Friction

Historical Nuclear Precedent

Comparative AI Risk Milestone

Active Selected Stance

Historical Precedent Analogues

Precedent Era	Primary Failure Mode	Sociotechnical Dynamic	Policy Aftermath
TMI Unit 2 (1979)	Hidden stuck valve (PORV) & misleading sensor display	Operators overrode automated safety injection based on contradictory dial telemetry.	Creation of INPO, simulator training mandates, control-room human-factors overhaul.
China Syndrome (Film)	Dramatized loss-of-coolant disaster & PR coverup	Released 12 days before TMI; seeded cultural panic archetype of runaway meltdown.	Instant collapse of public trust; 30-year freeze on new US nuclear plant approvals.
Autonomous Agent Runaway	Cascading misalignment & opaque emergent telemetry	Operators cannot interpret sub-goal drift or multi-agent auction collusion under stress.	Proposed: mandatory model-introspection sandboxes, circuit-breakers, independent audits.

Policy Evaluation Workbench

Local Deterministic Computation

Evaluated AI Policy Topic

Historical Analogue Anchor

Public Salience / Fear Index (0–100) 78

Regulatory Friction / Compliance Burden (0–100) 65

Evidence & Redaction Notes

Computed Alignment

71.5%

Risk Classification

High Salience / Moderate Friction

Mandated Precedent Action

Mandatory Operator Explainability & Independent Safety Audits

The system evaluates sociotechnical risk parity between nuclear control rooms and autonomous AI agents: ambiguous telemetry during anomalous execution causes operators to act against containment protocols.

Informational & policy research tool. Precedents drawn from public historical analyses of NRC/INPO regulatory models.