Contentful ID
724113523
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Contentful ID
f1a40c2f-36d0-f5eb-1dc1-bd17fd839fc2-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in New Mexico.
Entity Name
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
National Lab
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
A 5 MWt/2 MWe heat pipe reactor for "plug-and-go" power applications in remote installations and communities. The design is capable of rapid installation and shutdown and largely autonomous operation for 5 years without refueling. MegaPower is fueled by high-assay low enriched uranium oxide.
Technology Name
MegaPower/Special Purpose Reactor
LeadCold
Contentful ID
b36a9f13-4f2c-c693-1392-e2418f790368-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A spin-off company from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, LeadCold is developing a small, lead-cooled reactor for remote applications, especially in the Canadian Arctic.
Entity Name
LeadCold
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
SEALER is an 8 MWt/3 MWe lead-cooled fast reactor design for remote applications. SEALER is fueled by high-assay low enriched uranium oxide fuel, and operates for 10-30 years without on-site refueling. LeadCold developed a corrosion-resistant aluminum alloyed steel for use in the reactor.
Technology Name
Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor (SEALER)
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
Contentful ID
2e676575-4bde-0b4c-d1ad-382d4c41216a-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
Westinghouse Electric is a nuclear technology company that offers nuclear plant design, fuel service and maintenance and control systems solutions.
Entity Name
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
Scalable, heat pipe-cooled reactor design producing combined heat and power of 0.2-25 MWe for decentralized and/or remote generation markets. The factory-built and assembled eVinci has inherent load following capabilities, rapid on-site installation potential, and infrequent refueling needs.
Technology Name
eVinci Micro Reactor
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
Contentful ID
9f401e4a-6d53-606b-3cbe-75f8678ffd83-draft
Entity Description
A Pennsylvania-based nuclear energy company providing a range of services to the nuclear industry, including fuels, instrumentation and control design, plant service and maintenance, and reactor design.
Entity Name
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Group/Division/Lab name
Nuclear Energy
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
The Westinghouse LFR is a lead-cooled, fast spectrum reactor with an output in the 500 MWe range.
Technology Name
Westinghouse lead-cooled fast reactor
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Contentful ID
1610bac6-78e1-41a5-b25c-299c7e0ffd39-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A French public, government-funded research organization that conducts research and development in the areas of defense and security, low-carbon energies, industrial technologies, and the physical and life sciences
Entity Name
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Other
Group/Division/Lab name
Nuclear Energy
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
ASTRID is a sodium-cooled, pool-type fast spectrum reactor fueled by mixed oxide (MOX) fuel with a capacity of 1500 MWt/600 MWe. As an industrial demonstration reactor, ASTRID will be used to optimize the design of future commercial reactors under the umbrella of the Generation IV forum (GIF).
Technology Name
Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration (ASTRID)
TerraPower, LLC
Contentful ID
7d5185ab-30e4-7da2-977a-01f032207641-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology company founded to develop and commercializes its Traveling Wave Reactor and Molten Chloride Fast Reactor. Bill Gates is the company's co-founder, chairman of the board, and primary financial backer. In January 2016, TerraPower received a 5-year, $40 million cost-share award from the US Department of Energy for the continued research and development of its Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.
Entity Name
TerraPower, LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
The MCFR is a chloride salt-cooled, liquid-fueled fast spectrum molten salt reactor operating on a U-Pu fuel cycle. This breed-and-burn concept utilizes depleted or unenriched (natural) uranium as makeup fuel.
Technology Name
Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR)
Oklo (formerly UPower)
Contentful ID
2653aaf0-76da-24b3-319d-2f248f815d4f-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
Y Combinator-hosted Oklo is a nuclear energy startup company founded by graduates of MIT's Nuclear Engineering department to develop and commercialize a container-sized MW-scale "nuclear generator"
Entity Name
Oklo (formerly UPower)
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
Oklo's reactor is a liquid metal-cooled, fast spectrum reactor utilizing a metallic fuel. It is designed to be small, portable, and suitable for remote deployment.
lakeChime PPRS, Inc.
Contentful ID
119f2321-c728-9239-b68f-7d46d71ea2a3-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
lakeChime is developing a rail or barge-transportable, fully factory-fabricated liquid metal fast reactor for developing and isolated areas.
Entity Name
lakeChime PPRS, Inc.
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
The LC-E-SSTAR is a lead-cooled, liquid oxide or nitride-fueled fast spectrum liquid metal reactor with a sealed "cartridge core" that operates for 15 years without refueling.
Technology Name
lakeChime Evolutionary Small, Secure, Transportable Autonomous Reactor (LC-E-SSTAR)
Elysium Industries
Contentful ID
e3dc937a-fa57-8ade-ae30-536a14e19589-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
Elysium was founded in 2015 by veterans of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory to develop and commercialize its Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor design.
Entity Name
Elysium Industries
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
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.
Technology Name
Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor (MCSFR)
General Atomics, Inc.
Contentful ID
6a2a7e1b-7ac9-7e5f-042e-bf3c4fb60746-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
General Atomics is a defense contractor and developer of high-technology systems.
Entity Name
General Atomics, Inc.
Entity Owler ID
127507
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
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.
Technology Name
Energy Multiplier Module (EM2)