DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

  • Unity Nuclear Battery microreactor concept from Deployable Energy, a factory‑built, 1‑MWe, helium‑cooled unit using 4.95% enriched UO₂ fuel and non‑exotic materials, designed as a modular “nuclear battery” that can be transported in standard equipment, configured for multiple cooling options and five‑year refueling cycles, and deployed in arrays for onshore, offshore, and remote applications. Courtesy: Deployable Energy
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    From Pilot to Launch: DOE Names First Four Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Developers

    The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) have announced the first four developers selected for the freshly launched Nuclear Energy Launch Pad—a restructured deployment-support initiative that succeeds the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program and broadens federal assistance to cover the full nuclear […]

  • The DOE’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has since 2021 set out to refurbish EBR II (which operated from 1964 – 1994) as a new test bed for higher thermal power reactor projects. The Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is a demonstration platform that is flexible enough to test four to five advanced reactors. Testing could begin in 2026. Source: DOE
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    Westinghouse, Radiant Selected for First Fueled Nuclear Microreactor Tests at INL’s DOME Facility

    Nuclear microreactors developed separately by Westinghouse and Radiant are poised to become the first fueled designs tested at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) facility—the world’s first dedicated microreactor test bed slated to open at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in early 2026. The first fueled experiment is expected to begin as early as spring 2026. […]