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Its Mark-0 was the first reactor to go critical under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Heat pipe", "Microreactor" ], "fields": { "design": "Mark-0 (test); R1", "reactor_type": "Heat pipe", "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": null, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "HALEU TRISO", "licensing_stage": "DOE test authorization", "regulators": "DOE", "licensing_detail": "Mark-0 reached zero-power criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on 2026-06-04, the first fueled criticality under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program.", "licensing_date": "2026-06-04", "foak_site": "Idaho National Laboratory (Mark-0); military installations from 2028", "foak_year": 2027, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "$96 million Series B (December 2025); raised a further $470 million in 2026 to build reactors for military bases.", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/node/4858894", "title": "DOE: first advanced reactor criticality", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://www.army.mil/article-amp/293057/antares_nuclears_successful_zero_power_criticality_test_marks_major_step_for_military_applications_of_advanced_microreactors", "title": "US Army: Antares zero-power criticality", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "fuel", "reactor_type", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.mobilityengineeringtech.com/component/content/article/55362-antares-achieves-initial-criticality-of-mark-0-nuclear-microreactor", "title": "Antares achieves initial criticality of Mark-0", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_year", "funding", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nucnet.org/news/us-startup-raises-usd470-million-to-build-reactors-for-military-bases-7-2-2026", "title": "NucNet: Antares raises $470 million", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "arc-clean-technology", "name": "ARC Clean Technology", "url": "https://www.arc-cleantech.com/", "summary": "Designs the ARC-100, a 100 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor. NB Power plans the first unit at the Point Lepreau site in New Brunswick.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Sodium-cooled" ], "fields": { "design": "ARC-100", "reactor_type": "Sodium-cooled", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 100, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction under review", "regulators": "CNSC", "licensing_detail": "Completed Phase 2 of the CNSC vendor design review with no fundamental barriers to licensing identified. NB Power applied for a licence to prepare site at Point Lepreau on 2023-06-30; a licence to construct application is planned by 2027. In July 2026 ARC signed a Strategic Partnership Project agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance (INL) covering design, demonstration and first deployment of the ARC-100.", "licensing_date": "2023-06-30", "foak_site": "Point Lepreau, New Brunswick (NB Power)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/reactors/new-reactor-power-plant-projects/new-reactor-power-plant-facilities/nbpower/", "title": "CNSC: NB Power’s ARC-100 project", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/arc-100-completes-canadian-regulatory-design-review", "title": "WNN: ARC-100 completes Canadian design review", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail", "mwe_per_module", "reactor_type", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.atlanticaenergy.org/arc-clean-technology-member-spotlight/", "title": "Atlantica Energy: In conversation with ARC", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "hq_region", "licensing_detail", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.arc-cleantech.com/", "title": "ARC Clean Technology: headquartered in the US, operations in Canada", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "hq_country" ] }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/article-8260/", "title": "ANS: ARC signs INL Strategic Partnership Project agreement (July 2026)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "blue-capsule", "name": "Blue Capsule", "url": "https://www.bluecapsule-technology.com/", "summary": "Develops a sodium-cooled high-temperature reactor for industrial heat, steam and electricity. CEA describes 150 MWt of heat or 50 MWe of electricity; ASNR lists the industrial prototype in preparatory review.", "founded": 2022, "tags": [ "Sodium-cooled" ], "fields": { "design": "BLUE CAPSULE industrial prototype", "reactor_type": "Sodium-cooled", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 50, "mwt_per_module": 150, "fuel": "TRISO", "licensing_stage": "Pre-licensing", "regulators": "ASNR", "licensing_detail": "ASNR lists Blue Capsule in project preparatory review in 2026, before the formal regulatory assessment phase. 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SSM review follows government approval.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "Oskarshamn: non-nuclear electric pilot facility with Uniper (ground broken February 2025)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "About $50 million co-led by Oklo, Norrsken Launcher and Armada (December 2025); €15 million EIC equity and €2.5 million grant (February 2025).", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "Sweden", "hq_region": "Europe", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.blykalla.com/post/blykalla-raises-50m-to-accelerate-industrialization-of-its-lead-cooled-advanced-reactor-the-sealer", "title": "Blykalla raises $50M", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "funding", "hq_country", "hq_region", "ownership", "reactor_type" ] }, { "url": "https://mynewsdesk.com/blykalla/pressreleases/blykalla-submits-application-for-second-advanced-nuclear-reactor-park-in-sweden-with-up-to-440-mw-of-capacity-3462329", "title": "Blykalla: second reactor park application", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwe_per_module", "regulators", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://smr.nucnet.org/news/blykalla-gets-eur15-million-european-investment-for-sealer-reactor-project-2-2-2025", "title": "NucNet: €15M European investment", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "bwxt", "name": "BWX Technologies", "url": "https://www.bwxt.com/", "summary": "Naval reactor and nuclear fuel manufacturer building Project Pele, a 1.5 MWe transportable gas-cooled microreactor for the US Department of Defense, and the civil BANR microreactor.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "HTGR", "Microreactor", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "Project Pele; 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ASNR issued opinion 2026-AV-027 on 2026-05-19; further requests filed through 2026-08-28.", "licensing_date": "2026-05-19", "foak_site": "Pierrelatte, France (first commercial reactor)", "foak_year": 2032, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "More than €50 million under France 2030; €40 million EU Innovation Fund grant for the first commercial reactor.", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "France", "hq_region": "Europe", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/smr-projects", "title": "ASNR: SMR projects", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwt_per_module", "reactor_type", "regulators", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/calogena-awarded-eu-funding-for-smr-deployment", "title": "WNN: Calogena awarded EU funding", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "foak_year", "funding", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.startupresearcher.com/news/calogena-secures-40-million-eu-grant-for-district-heating-smr", "title": "Calogena secures €40 million EU grant", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "china-huaneng", "name": "China Huaneng (HTR-PM)", "url": "https://www.chng.com.cn/", "summary": "State utility that leads and operates the HTR-PM at Shidaowan, the first commercial high-temperature gas-cooled modular plant: two pebble-bed reactors driving one 210 MWe turbine.", "hq": "CN", "tags": [ "HTGR", "Construction approved" ], "fields": { "design": "HTR-PM (two reactors, one 210 MWe turbine)", "reactor_type": "HTGR", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 105, "mwt_per_module": 250, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Operating", "regulators": "NNSA (China)", "licensing_detail": "Construction began December 2012; both reactors critical in 2021 and at full power in December 2022; commercial operation from 2023-12-06. 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The integral PWR is under commissioning; IAEA PRIS reports 100 MWe net and 125 MWe gross, with no first-grid-connection date.", "hq": "CN", "tags": [ "LWR", "Construction approved" ], "fields": { "design": "ACP100 (Linglong One)", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 100, "mwt_per_module": 385, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction licensed", "regulators": "NNSA (China)", "licensing_detail": "NNSA construction licence No. 2117 was issued on 2021-07-01; construction began 2021-07-13. IAEA PRIS lists the unit as under construction and its first-grid-connection date is null. October 2026 reporting targets fuel loading and grid connection by year-end; no achieved grid date is verified. 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The current F500 specification is a 500 MWe plant with four reactor cans; plant output is not entered as output per reactor.", "tags": [ "Molten salt" ], "fields": { "design": "F500 (four-reactor plant)", "reactor_type": "Molten salt", "size_class": null, "mwe_per_module": null, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "Low-enriched uranium dissolved in molten salt", "licensing_stage": null, "regulators": null, "licensing_detail": "Company plans DOE authorization for its first demonstration, followed by NRC Part 53 licensing. This states a proposed pathway, not an authorization already granted.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": null, "foak_year": null, "ownership": null, "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": null, "hq_region": null, "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://fleetnuclear.com/technology", "title": "Fleet Nuclear: F500 plant configuration, fuel and planned licensing pathway", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "reactor_type", "fuel", "licensing_detail" ] }, { "url": "https://thorconpower.com/", "title": "ThorCon former official domain redirects to Fleet Nuclear", "accessed": "2026-11-11" } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "ge-vernova-hitachi", "name": "GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy", "url": "https://www.gevernova.com/nuclear", "summary": "Designs the BWRX-300, a 300 MWe boiling-water SMR, and supplies it to utilities. The first unit is under construction at OPG’s Darlington site in Ontario, and TVA holds a US construction permit for Clinch River.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "LWR", "Data-center deal", "Construction approved" ], "fields": { "design": "BWRX-300", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 300, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction licensed", "regulators": "CNSC; NRC", "licensing_detail": "CNSC issued OPG a licence to construct one BWRX-300 at Darlington on 2025-04-04. NRC issued TVA a construction permit for Clinch River Unit 1 on 2026-09-29, the first US permit for the design. OPG’s 2026-11-10 update says Unit 1 will miss its earlier October 2030 commercial-operation target; a replacement schedule is not yet published.", "licensing_date": "2026-09-29", "foak_site": "Darlington, Ontario (OPG): four units planned, Unit 1 under construction", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Subsidiary", "ticker": null, "funding": "US DOE awarded TVA $400 million on 2025-12-02 to accelerate the Clinch River BWRX-300.", "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Crusoe (via Blue Energy)", "dc_deals": "Blue Energy signed a power agreement with Crusoe (November 2025) for an AI campus at Port of Victoria, Texas: gas power from 2028, nuclear by 2031. In August 2026 Blue Energy signed an engineering and licensing agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi for up to five BWRX-300s from 2032 to power a nearby data center.", "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/us-department-energy-announces-400-million-funding-accelerate-deployment-nation-first-commercial-small-modular-nuclear-reactor", "title": "GE Vernova: DOE $400M for first US SMR", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding", "hq_country", "hq_region", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/nrc-issues-first-us-construction-permit-bwrx-300-small-modular-reactor-tva-clinch-river", "title": "GE Vernova: Clinch River permit, 29 September 2026", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "regulators", "reactor_type", "mwe_per_module", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/reactors/new-reactor-power-plant-projects/new-reactor-power-plant-facilities/darlington-new-nuclear-project/", "title": "CNSC: Darlington licence to construct; operating application under review", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "licensing_detail", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://www.opg.com/projects-services/projects/nuclear/smr/darlington-smr/", "title": "OPG 10 November 2026 update: October 2030 target and original budget no longer expected", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "licensing_detail" ] }, { "url": "https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/blue-energy-ge-vernova-hitachi-launch-next-phase-gas-plus-nuclear-project", "title": "GE Vernova: Blue Energy engineering agreement, five BWRX-300s from 2032", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deal", "dc_deals" ] }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/blue-energy-and-crusoe-unveil-texas-nuclear-powered-data-centre-plan", "title": "WNN: Crusoe named as Texas data-center partner", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_partners", "dc_deals" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "general-atomics", "name": "General Atomics", "url": "https://www.ga.com/", "summary": "Develops the helium-cooled Fast Modular Reactor for distributed electricity supply. Its current FMR page specifies 44 MWe per module, replacing the 50 MWe concept announced in 2020.", "tags": [ "Gas-cooled fast" ], "fields": { "design": "Fast Modular Reactor (FMR)", "reactor_type": "Gas-cooled fast", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 44, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "Uranium dioxide (UO2), SiGA silicon-carbide cladding", "licensing_stage": null, "regulators": null, "licensing_detail": null, "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": null, "foak_year": null, "ownership": null, "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": null, "hq_region": null, "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ga.com/fission-energy-systems/gas-cooled-fast-modular-reactor", "title": "General Atomics: current 44 MWe helium-cooled FMR", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "reactor_type", "mwe_per_module", "size_class", "fuel" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "hadron-energy", "name": "Hadron Energy", "url": "https://hadronenergy.com/", "summary": "Listed developer of the Halo micro-modular reactor, designed to deliver 10 MWe from a truck-transportable vessel, core and containment.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Microreactor", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "Halo MMR", "reactor_type": null, "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": 10, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": null, "regulators": null, "licensing_detail": null, "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "Smartland Energy MOU for up to five units; 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Its first two units, Pioneer 1 and 2, are planned at the Palisades site in Michigan.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "LWR" ], "fields": { "design": "SMR-300", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Medium", "mwe_per_module": 340, "mwt_per_module": 1000, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction under review", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "NRC accepted Part 1 of the phased construction permit application, including a limited work authorization request, on 2026-02-13, and granted an early-site-work exemption dated 2026-08-28. Holtec then filed the PSAR, completing the second phase of the application; NRC expects to finish its reviews by early to mid-2027.", "licensing_date": "2026-02-13", "foak_site": "Pioneer Units 1 and 2, Palisades Energy Center, Michigan (two proposed units of approximately 340 MWe each)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "Holtec postponed its proposed IPO on 2026-09-17 and said it would maintain the SEC registration statement. The offering did not price; HNUC was a proposed symbol, not a listed ticker.", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://holtecinternational.com/products-and-services/smr/", "title": "Holtec: current SMR-300 specification (340 MWe net; FAQ still states 320 MWe)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "reactor_type", "mwe_per_module", "mwt_per_module", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-008.pdf", "title": "NRC 26-008: two proposed units of approximately 340 MWe each", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "mwe_per_module", "foak_site" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/pioneer-units-1-and-2-limited-work-authorization-application/pioneer-eis", "title": "NRC: Pioneer phased construction permit review", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_stage", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "regulators", "foak_site" ] }, { "url": "https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-21/", "title": "Holtec: IPO postponed on 17 September 2026", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding", "ownership", "hq_country", "hq_region" ] }, { "url": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-part-of-construction-permit-application-submitted-for-pioneer-smrs", "title": "WNN: Second part of Palisades SMR construction permit application submitted", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "jimmy-energy", "name": "Jimmy Energy", "url": "https://www.jimmy-energy.eu/", "summary": "French developer of a 20 MW thermal high-temperature gas reactor that delivers industrial process heat. Its first application covers a unit at Cristal Union’s Bazancourt sugar site.", "hq": "FR", "tags": [ "HTGR", "Microreactor" ], "fields": { "design": "Jimmy high-temperature heat generator (INB Fermi)", "reactor_type": "HTGR", "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": null, "mwt_per_module": 20, "fuel": "TRISO", "licensing_stage": "Construction under review", "regulators": "ASNR", "licensing_detail": "Creation authorization application for a reactor at Bazancourt filed 2024-05-04, the first SMR application in France; ministry asked for more information 2025-02-13; updated design filed 2026-07-23 and sent to ASNR for technical review the next day.", "licensing_date": "2026-07-23", "foak_site": "Bazancourt (Marne), supplying heat to Cristal Union’s industrial facility", "foak_year": null, "ownership": null, "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "France", "hq_region": "Europe", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/smr-projects", "title": "ASNR: SMR projects", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwt_per_module", "reactor_type", "regulators", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/smr-projects-and-their-fuel-manufacturing-and-assembly-plants", "title": "ASNR: SMR fuel plants (Marie Curie TRISO plant)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "fuel" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "kairos-power", "name": "Kairos Power", "url": "https://kairospower.com/", "summary": "Designs the KP-FHR, a fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor using TRISO pebble fuel, and builds its own demonstration plants in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Google is its anchor customer.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Molten salt", "Data-center deal", "Construction approved" ], "fields": { "design": "KP-FHR; Hermes; Hermes 2", "reactor_type": "Molten salt", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 75, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "TRISO pebbles", "licensing_stage": "Construction licensed", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "NRC issued construction permits for Hermes 2 on 2024-11-21 (after Hermes in 2023); Kairos plans to run Hermes 2 as one 50 MWe reactor and broke ground in April 2026.", "licensing_date": "2024-11-21", "foak_site": "Hermes 2, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: 50 MWe sold to TVA", "foak_year": 2030, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Google", "dc_deals": "Google agreement (October 2024) for 500 MW by 2035. TVA PPA (2025-08-18) for up to 50 MW from Hermes 2 onto the grid that serves Google data centers, the first US utility PPA for a Gen IV reactor.", "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://kairospower.com/iterative-development", "title": "Kairos Power: iterative development", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "fuel", "mwe_per_module", "reactor_type", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-2-kairos-application", "title": "NRC: Hermes 2 permits issued 21 November 2024", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_stage", "licensing_detail", "regulators", "licensing_date" ] }, { "url": "https://www.kairospower.com/updates/kairos-power-breaks-ground-on-hermes-2-demonstration-plant", "title": "Kairos: April 2026 Hermes 2 groundbreaking", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "licensing_detail" ] }, { "url": "https://www.kairospower.com/updates/google-kairos-power-tva-collaborate-to-meet-americas-growing-energy-needs", "title": "Kairos: Google and TVA collaboration and PPA", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deal", "dc_deals", "dc_partners", "foak_site", "foak_year", "hq_country", "hq_region", "ownership" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "khnp", "name": "KHNP (i-SMR)", "url": "https://cms.khnp.co.kr/eng/main.do", "summary": "Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power leads the consortium with KAERI developing the i-SMR, a 170 MWe integral PWR planned as four-module, 680 MWe plants.", "hq": "KR", "tags": [ "LWR" ], "fields": { "design": "i-SMR", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 170, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Design review", "regulators": "NSSC (Korea)", "licensing_detail": "KHNP–KAERI consortium applied to the NSSC for standard design approval on 2026-02-27; technical review by KINS follows, completion targeted by end of 2028.", "licensing_date": "2026-02-27", "foak_site": "First domestic plant: four 170 MWe modules (680 MWe)", "foak_year": 2035, "ownership": "State-owned", "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "South Korea", "hq_region": "Asia", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/standard-design-approval-sought-for-i-smr", "title": "WNN: Standard design approval sought for i-SMR", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwe_per_module", "ownership", "reactor_type", "regulators", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026022616575528262", "title": "Asia Economy: i-SMR standard design approval application", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "foak_year", "licensing_detail" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "last-energy", "name": "Last Energy", "url": "https://www.lastenergy.com/", "summary": "Builds the PWR-20, a 20 MWe factory-made pressurized-water microreactor, and sells power from it to data centers and industry. Its PWR-5 pilot is at Texas A&M’s RELLIS campus.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "LWR", "Microreactor" ], "fields": { "design": "PWR-20; PWR-5 pilot", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": 20, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "LEU UO2 (conventional PWR fuel)", "licensing_stage": "DOE test authorization", "regulators": "DOE", "licensing_detail": "PWR-20 selected for the DOE Reactor Pilot Program in August 2025. DOE approved the PWR-5 preliminary documented safety analysis; construction at RELLIS nearing completion in late 2026.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "Texas A&M RELLIS campus, Bryan, Texas (PWR-5 pilot); Haskell County, Texas (30 PWR-20s, ERCOT connection requested)", "foak_year": 2026, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "Series C of more than $100 million led by the Astera Institute (December 2025).", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/last-energy-to-build-pilot-microreactor-in-bryan-texas-as-part-of-its-drive-to-power-data-center-market/", "title": "DCD: Last Energy pilot microreactor in Bryan", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "foak_year", "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_detail", "mwe_per_module", "reactor_type", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.lastenergy.com/news-press/last-energy-receives-doe-approval-of-pwr-5-preliminary-documented-safety-analysis", "title": "Last Energy: DOE approves PWR-5 PDSA", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://inspenet.com/en/news/last-energy-to-deploy-30-microreactors-in-texas-to-power-data-centers/", "title": "Last Energy to deploy 30 microreactors in Texas", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "fuel" ] }, { "url": "https://builtin.com/articles/last-energy-raises-100m-series-c-20251218", "title": "Built In: Last Energy raises $100M Series C", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding", "ownership" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "moltex-energy", "name": "Moltex Energy", "url": "https://www.moltexenergy.com/", "summary": "Canadian developer of the SSR-W, a 300 MWe molten salt reactor that burns fuel recycled from CANDU spent fuel with its WATSS process, planned at Point Lepreau.", "hq": "CA", "tags": [ "Molten salt" ], "fields": { "design": "SSR-W (Stable Salt Reactor – Wasteburner)", "reactor_type": "Molten salt", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 300, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "Recycled spent-fuel salt (WATSS)", "licensing_stage": "Design review", "regulators": "CNSC", "licensing_detail": "Completed Phase 1 of the CNSC pre-licensing vendor design review in May 2021; Phase 2 under way.", "licensing_date": "2021-05-01", "foak_site": "Point Lepreau, New Brunswick", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund invested $47.5 million, matched by Moltex, for SSR-W, WATSS and VDR Phase 2.", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "Canada", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.moltexenergy.com/moltex-presents-updated-watss-ssr-w-fuel-recycling-vision-at-canadian-nuclear-society-conference/", "title": "Moltex: WATSS–SSR-W fuel recycling vision", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "fuel", "hq_country", "hq_region", "reactor_type" ] }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/article-2746/canada-invests-40m-in-moltex-smr-technology", "title": "ANS: Canada invests in Moltex SMR technology", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "funding", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "ownership", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/our-association/publications/world-nuclear-outlook-report/canada---world-nuclear-outlook-report", "title": "WNA: Canada outlook (Point Lepreau 300 MW MSR)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "mwe_per_module", "size_class" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "nano-nuclear", "name": "NANO Nuclear Energy", "url": "https://nanonuclearenergy.com/", "summary": "Listed microreactor developer whose KRONOS MMR is a 15 MWe high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. The first unit is planned on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "HTGR", "Microreactor", "Data-center deal", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "KRONOS MMR", "reactor_type": "HTGR", "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": 15, "mwt_per_module": 45, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction under review", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "University of Illinois submitted the KRONOS construction permit application on 2026-03-31; NRC docketed it on 2026-05-18 and set the review schedule on 2026-06-16.", "licensing_date": "2026-05-18", "foak_site": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Public", "ticker": "NASDAQ: NNE", "funding": null, "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Tillman Digital Gateway; Supermicro", "dc_deals": "Non-binding framework with Tillman Digital Gateway (2026-08-24) targeting 2 GW by the mid-2030s and 6 GW by 2040, with up to $100M in milestone warrants; MOU with Supermicro on on-site reactors for AI data centers (2026-05-06).", "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": "2024-05-08" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/applicant-projects/kronos", "title": "NRC: KRONOS project", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "regulators", "mwt_per_module" ] }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/article-7904/uiuc-submits-mmr-construction-permit-application", "title": "ANS: UIUC submits MMR construction permit application", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "licensing_detail" ] }, { "url": "https://marketchameleon.com/articles/b/2026/5/20/nano-nuclear-kronos-mmr-nrc-milestone-microreactor-commercialization", "title": "KRONOS MMR selected for full NRC review", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_date", "licensing_detail" ] }, { "url": "https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nano-nuclear-15-mwe-gen-iv-modular-microreactor-to-undergo-us-nrc-review", "title": "NANO Nuclear 15 MWe Gen IV microreactor", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "mwe_per_module", "reactor_type", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.power-eng.com/nuclear/new-collaboration-targets-up-to-6-gw-of-new-nuclear-for-data-centers/", "title": "Power Engineering: up to 6 GW for data centers", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deal", "dc_deals", "dc_partners", "hq_country", "hq_region", "ownership", "ticker" ] }, { "url": "https://nanonuclearenergy.com/nano-nuclear-signs-strategic-mou-with-supermicro-to-power-the-next-generation-of-ai-data-centers-with-advanced-nuclear-energy/", "title": "NANO Nuclear: MOU with Supermicro", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deals", "dc_partners" ] }, { "url": "https://nanonuclearenergy.com/nano-nuclear-energy-announces-pricing-of-initial-public-offering/", "title": "NANO Nuclear: IPO pricing, Nasdaq trading from 8 May 2024", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "listed" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "natura-resources", "name": "Natura Resources", "url": "https://naturaresources.com/", "summary": "Texas developer of liquid-fuelled molten salt reactors. Its 1 MWt MSR-1 at Abilene Christian University holds an NRC construction permit issued in 2024; the MSR-100 is the 100 MWe commercial design.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Molten salt", "Construction approved" ], "fields": { "design": "MSR-1; MSR-100", "reactor_type": "Molten salt", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 100, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": "Uranium dissolved in fuel salt", "licensing_stage": "Construction licensed", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "NRC issued ACU’s MSR-1 construction permit on 2024-09-16. The 1 MWt research reactor does not generate electricity; the 100 MWe rating belongs to the separate commercial MSR-100 design.", "licensing_date": "2024-09-16", "foak_site": "Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas (MSR-1); Texas A&M RELLIS (MSR-100)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://acu.edu/2024/09/23/nrc-issues-construction-permit-for-natura-resources-molten-salt-reactor-at-acu/", "title": "ACU: MSR-1 demonstration and separate 100 MWe commercial systems", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "mwe_per_module", "size_class", "foak_site" ] }, { "url": "https://www.power-eng.com/nuclear/advanced-nuclear-reactor-developer-eyes-texas-for-two-new-projects/", "title": "Power Engineering: Natura eyes Texas for two projects", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "fuel", "hq_country", "hq_region", "mwe_per_module", "ownership", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2024/24-071.pdf", "title": "NRC: ACU construction permit; liquid-fuelled non-power research reactor", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "reactor_type", "regulators", "fuel" ] }, { "url": "https://acu.edu/research/next-lab/next-lab-faqs/", "title": "ACU NEXT Lab FAQ: operation targeted by end of 2026", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_year", "licensing_detail", "foak_site" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "newcleo", "name": "newcleo", "url": "https://www.newcleo.com/", "summary": "Develops lead-cooled fast reactors fuelled with MOX made from recycled plutonium, starting with the 30 MWe LFR-AS-30 and its MOX plant in France.", "tags": [ "Lead-cooled", "Data-center deal" ], "fields": { "design": "LFR-AS-30; LFR-AS-200", "reactor_type": "Lead-cooled", "size_class": null, "mwe_per_module": null, "mwt_per_module": 90, "fuel": "MOX", "licensing_stage": "Design review", "regulators": "ASNR", "licensing_detail": "Requested an ASNR opinion on LFR-AS-30 safety options on 2025-12-19. Its pilot MOX-LFR fuel plant received an ASNR opinion in 2026.", "licensing_date": "2025-12-19", "foak_site": null, "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "$85 million round closed February 2026, more than $125 million in 12 months and over $755 million since 2021.", "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Evroc", "dc_deals": "Non-binding MoU with Evroc and Studsvik to explore an SMR-powered data center at Nyköping, Sweden.", "hq_country": null, "hq_region": null, "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/smr-projects", "title": "ASNR: SMR projects", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwt_per_module", "reactor_type", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nucnet.org/news/european-nuclear-company-newcleo-closes-latest-funding-round-of-usd85-million-2-3-2026", "title": "NucNet: newcleo closes $85M round", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "fuel", "funding", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/tags/newcleo/", "title": "DCD: newcleo coverage (Evroc, Studsvik MoU)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deal", "dc_deals", "dc_partners" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "nuscale-power", "name": "NuScale Power", "url": "https://www.nuscalepower.com/", "summary": "Designs the NuScale Power Module, a factory-built light-water SMR, and sells plants of up to 12 modules to utilities and industrial buyers. Its US460 design holds an NRC standard design approval.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "LWR", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "NuScale US460 (NuScale Power Module)", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 77, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Design approved", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "NRC issued the US460 standard design approval on 2025-05-29, two months ahead of schedule; the earlier US600 design was certified in 2023.", "licensing_date": "2025-05-29", "foak_site": "TVA service territory via ENTRA1 Energy (up to 6 GW, six plants); RoPower Doicești, Romania (six 77 MWe modules, 462 MWe; FID approved February 2026, first module in commercial operation targeted for 2033)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Public", "ticker": "NYSE: SMR", "funding": "Listed on NYSE as SMR. ENTRA1, NuScale’s exclusive global partner, signed a non-binding 6 GW collaborative agreement with TVA on 2025-09-02.", "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "United States", "hq_region": "North America", "listed": "2022-05-03" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2025/25-033.pdf", "title": "NRC 25-033: US460 approval, 29 May 2025; 77 MWe per module", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "mwe_per_module", "reactor_type", "regulators", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://www.powermag.com/tva-entra1-sign-agreement-for-6-gw-six-plant-nuclear-smr-collaboration/", "title": "POWER: TVA, ENTRA1 sign 6 GW agreement", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "funding" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nuscalepower.com/press-releases/2026/nuscale-power-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results", "title": "NuScale Q4 2025 results", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site", "hq_country", "hq_region", "ownership", "ticker" ] }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460", "title": "NRC: NuScale US460 standard design approval", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "licensing_detail", "licensing_date", "licensing_stage" ] }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/final-investment-decision-taken-for-romanias-smrs", "title": "WNN: Final investment decision for Romania’s SMRs (Feb 2026)", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site" ] }, { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822966/000110465922056493/tm2213736d7_8k.htm", "title": "NuScale 8-K: Class A stock began trading on NYSE as SMR on 3 May 2022", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "listed" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "edf-nuward", "name": "Nuward (EDF)", "url": "https://www.nuward.com/", "summary": "EDF subsidiary redesigning its Nuward SMR around proven PWR technology for European customers, with a first unit planned in France.", "hq": "FR", "tags": [ "LWR" ], "fields": { "design": "Nuward (redesign under way)", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": null, "mwe_per_module": null, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Pre-licensing", "regulators": "ASNR and five other European regulators (joint early review)", "licensing_detail": "Six European regulators led by France’s ASNR completed phase 2 of a joint early review of the Nuward design. EDF relaunched development on a proven-technology basis in 2025.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "France (first unit), Italy (second unit planned)", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Subsidiary", "ticker": null, "funding": null, "dc_deal": null, "dc_partners": null, "dc_deals": null, "hq_country": "France", "hq_region": "Europe", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-phase-of-nuward-review-completed", "title": "WNN: Second phase of Nuward review completed", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "reactor_type", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/edf-to-modify-nuward-design-to-aid-commercialisati", "title": "WNN: EDF to modify Nuward design", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "hq_country", "hq_region", "licensing_detail", "ownership" ] }, { "url": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/edf-bets-big-on-european-smrs/", "title": "NEI: EDF bets big on European SMRs", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "foak_site" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "oklo", "name": "Oklo", "url": "https://oklo.com/", "summary": "Listed developer of the Aurora powerhouse, a 75 MWe liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor sold as power, not hardware. It has announced data-center power deals with Meta, Switch and Equinix.", "hq": "US", "tags": [ "Sodium-cooled", "Data-center deal", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "Aurora powerhouse", "reactor_type": "Sodium-cooled", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 75, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Pre-licensing", "regulators": "NRC; DOE", "licensing_detail": "NRC denied Oklo’s 2020 Aurora combined licence application in January 2022; Oklo completed an NRC readiness assessment for Phase 1 of a new application in July 2025. DOE approved the Aurora-INL preliminary documented safety analysis under the Reactor Pilot Program.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "Aurora-INL, Idaho National Laboratory", "foak_year": 2028, "ownership": "Public", "ticker": "NYSE: OKLO", "funding": null, "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Meta; Switch; Equinix", "dc_deals": "Meta (2026-01-09): prepayment agreement for a 1.2 GW campus in Pike County, Ohio, first power as early as 2030. Switch (2024-12-18): non-binding 12 GW master power agreement through 2044. 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UK government picked it for three units at Wylfa, and ČEZ plans units in the Czech Republic.", "hq": "GB", "tags": [ "LWR", "Data-center deal" ], "fields": { "design": "Rolls-Royce SMR", "reactor_type": "LWR", "size_class": "Medium", "mwe_per_module": 470, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Design review", "regulators": "ONR; Environment Agency; NRW", "licensing_detail": "Completed Steps 1 and 2 of the UK Generic Design Assessment and is in Step 3, the detailed assessment, which ends with a Design Acceptance Confirmation.", "licensing_date": null, "foak_site": "Wylfa, Anglesey: three units, about 1.4 GWe, for Great British Energy–Nuclear", "foak_year": null, "ownership": "Subsidiary", "ticker": null, "funding": "Majority owned by Rolls-Royce plc; ČEZ holds about 20%, with BNF Resources and Qatar Investment Authority. 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Equinix holds the first capacity reservation.", "hq": "FR", "tags": [ "Molten salt", "Data-center deal" ], "fields": { "design": "Stellarium; Alpha/Alvin experimental reactor", "reactor_type": "Molten salt", "size_class": "Small", "mwe_per_module": 250, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Construction under review", "regulators": "ASNR", "licensing_detail": "Filed for authorization of the 200 kWt Alpha/Alvin experimental reactor at CEA Cadarache on 2025-12-19; the ministry asked for more information on 2026-06-16 and the technical assessment is suspended.", "licensing_date": "2025-12-19", "foak_site": "CEA Cadarache (experimental reactor); commercial Stellarium deployments from 2035", "foak_year": 2035, "ownership": "Private", "ticker": null, "funding": "€23 million raised (July 2025).", "dc_deal": true, "dc_partners": "Equinix", "dc_deals": "Equinix signed a 500 MWe pre-order (August 2025), then reserved the first energy from Stellaria’s inaugural 250 MW reactor (November 2025).", "hq_country": "France", "hq_region": "Europe", "listed": null }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/smr-projects", "title": "ASNR: SMR projects", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "design", "foak_site", "licensing_date", "licensing_detail", "licensing_stage", "reactor_type", "regulators" ] }, { "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/equinix-secures-first-energy-capacity-reservation-from-french-smr-company-stellarias-inaugural-250mw-reactor/", "title": "DCD: Equinix secures first capacity from Stellaria", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deal", "dc_deals", "dc_partners", "foak_year", "funding", "hq_country", "hq_region", "mwe_per_module", "ownership", "size_class" ] }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/equinix-signs-up-for-power-from-first-stellaria-reactor", "title": "WNN: Equinix signs up for power from first Stellaria reactor", "accessed": "2026-11-11", "fields": [ "dc_deals", "foak_year" ] } ], "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11", "featured": false }, { "id": "terra-innovatum", "name": "Terra Innovatum", "url": "https://terrainnovatum.com/", "summary": "Listed developer of SOLO, a helium-cooled micro-modular reactor rated at 1 MWe, aimed at industrial sites, mines and data centers.", "tags": [ "HTGR", "Microreactor", "Listed" ], "fields": { "design": "SOLO", "reactor_type": "HTGR", "size_class": "Micro", "mwe_per_module": 1, "mwt_per_module": null, "fuel": null, "licensing_stage": "Pre-licensing", "regulators": "NRC", "licensing_detail": "NRC docketed several SOLO topical reports in March 2026, opening formal review; safety evaluations expected October 2026. 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