Contentful ID
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Utility
Community
Industrial
Commercial
Micronuclear LLC
Contentful ID
e9331957-e816-18e7-0e53-44d5e0a792c1-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A Tennessee-based company pursuing commercialization of its MW-scale nuclear fission "battery". Micronuclear LLC received a GAIN (Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear) voucher in 2017 for development work at Idaho National Lab.
Entity Name
Micronuclear LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
This simplified molten salt reactor is designed to reduce design and operational complexity: passive heat pipes eliminate the need for heat exchanger tubes and a naturally-circulating primary flow eliminates the need for pumps. Reactor system to be coupled with a small commercial gas turbine for electricity production of ~5 MWe.
Technology Name
Micro-scale Nuclear Battery (MsNB)