A connected layer for existing plant drawings
Nuclearn made Link for P&IDs commercially available on November 2. The software reads existing piping and instrumentation diagrams, associates components and connections across sheets, and exposes the resulting plant model through a web application, REST API and Model Context Protocol server.
Supported inputs include PDFs, image files, MicroStation DGN files and archives. Nuclearn says users can correct a misidentified symbol and retain that correction when a drawing is processed again. Approved assistants can search drawings or follow connections, but their access depends on a Nuclearn platform API key and the deployment's roles and license.
Availability is commercial, not self-service
Nuclearn lists Link as an annual enterprise subscription priced per reactor unit, without publishing a numeric rate. A paid pilot is the stated starting point. AtomAssist subscriptions include P&ID ingestion through Link, while Nuclearn says the visualizer and export capability cost extra. The company did not publish a country-by-country sales list.
The standard deployment is a single-tenant instance on Nuclearn-operated hardware. Azure Government or customer-operated servers are offered on request. Nuclearn also states that drawing data sent to a connected external assistant leaves the Link environment, so buyers still need to approve the assistant and its data handling separately.
Isolation results still require engineering judgment
The practical limit is explicit: Link does not replace a plant's formal clearance or tagout process. Its isolation result can identify valves, drains, vents, open ends and unconfirmed links, but Nuclearn instructs users to check the proposed boundary against the drawings before relying on it.
CGH has not tested recognition accuracy, cross-sheet linking or assistant responses. Nuclear operators evaluating the release should validate representative old and revised drawings, measure correction rates, and confirm that approval controls keep generated boundaries outside authoritative work-control records until qualified personnel complete their review.