Contentful ID
COSMOS4opqCHbuSzGqRsecvS26
Market
Utility
Industrial
Application
Industrial Heat
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Contentful ID
51f49ecf-01c1-c1ac-95c0-9e565043d6b4-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A federally-funded science and technology research laboratory operated by UT-Battelle for the United States Department of Energy
Entity Name
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
National Lab
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
SmAHTR is a fluoride salt-cooled, graphite moderated molten salt reactor that utilizes solid, static, LEU-based TRISO fuel with a capacity of 125 MWt/50MWe. All primary components are integrated into a single vessel. A design variant for hydrogen production applications, the SmAHTR-CTC (carbonate thermochemical cycle), is also under development.
Technology Name
Small, Modular Advanced High-Temperature Reactor (SmAHTR)