Contentful ID
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Market
Utility
Off-Grid
Argonne National Laboratory
Contentful ID
179502e2-be96-67f9-0cd6-b5bbc6ae887d-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A science and engineering research laboratory operated by the University of Chicago Argonne LLC for the US Department of Energy
Entity Name
Argonne National Laboratory
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
National Lab
Group/Division/Lab name
Nuclear Engineering Division
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
As part of the Heavy Liquid Metal Coolant (HLMC) research initiative, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed multiple multiple advanced reactor technologies, including the Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor with Liquid Metal (STAR-LM) and the Small Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor (SSTAR). SUPERSTAR, a lead-cooled, pool-type fast spectrum reactor is the most recent HLMC research initiative design. It has a capacity of 300 MWt/120 MWe is designed for electricity generation on the export market.
Technology Name
Sustainable Proliferation-resistance Enhanced Refined Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor (SUPERSTAR)