Reactors

The MCSFR is a 2500 MWt/1000 MWe chloride-cooled, liquid-fueled fast spectrum reactor with fuel cycle flexibility. It has the ability to run on spent nuclear fuel and plutonium, 10-20% enriched uranium, or uranium-233 and thorium. To expedite commercialization, the MCSFR is designed with only nuclear code-qualified materials and a well-established power conversion system.

The ThorCon reactor is a fluoride salt-cooled, liquid-fueled, graphite-moderated thermal spectrum molten salt reactor with a capacity of 557 MWt/250 MWe. The reactor is fueled by both thorium and uranium, the latter of which is ~20% enriched (makeup fuel, 20% enriched uranium, must be added daily). The plant is designed for fully passive safety and such that all plant components may be manufactured on shipyard-style assembly lines.

The TAP Reactor is a liquid-fueled, fluoride salt-cooled, zirconium hydride-moderated thermal spectrum reactor. The 1250 MWt/550 MWe first-of-a-kind design will use 5% enriched uranium as both startup and makeup fuel.

The StarCore SPB is a 36 MWt/20 MWe helium-cooled, graphite moderated high temperature gas reactor. The standard TRISO fuel pebbles are static in the core, and the reactor operates for 5 years without refueling. A service agreement is currently under development through the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's Pre-Licensing Vendor Design Review process.

An alternative approach to deuterium-tritium fusion combining cusp confinement and magnetic mirrors in a "truckbed-sized" reactor.

TAE's "Friendly Fusion" technology is a hydrogen-boron fusion system employing advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) technology. TAE's fifth-generation prototype machine, nicknamed "Norman", achieved the colliding and merging of FRC in 2018.

This hybrid system produces a peaking power of 850 MWe via a prismatic high-temperature gas reactor coupled to a natural gas-fired facility, enabling rapid load-following. The nuclear system is moderated by graphite and utilizes low-enriched TRISO fuel with a 2-year refueling cycle. An open-system Brayton cycle combustion turbine with a bottoming Rankine steam cycle enables very high thermal efficiencies.

The SC-HTGR is a modular graphite-moderated, helium-cooled high temperature gas-cooled reactor with a prismatic block-type core configuration. This 625 MWt TRISO-fueled reactor is most suitable for industrial applications and may also be used for electricity generation.

EM2 is a modular helium-cooled fast spectrum reactor design with a net output of 500 MWt/265 MWe utilizing 14.5% enriched uranium carbide as startup fuel.

The Xe-100 is a helium-cooled, graphite-moderated high temperature gas reactor operating in an epithermal neutron spectrum with a pebble bed fuel configuration. It utilizes TRISO fuel pebbles, based on 15.5% enriched uranium and produces 200 MWt/76 MWe.