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BWX Technologies · Idaho National Laboratory, ID · IdahoDEVELOPER HEALTHHEALTHY
Transportable 1.5 MWe high-temperature gas microreactor for the US military. TRISO fuel delivered Nov 2025; system testing as early as 2027 and electricity at INL as soon as 2028.
Power
1.5 MW
Fission · Demonstration
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energy capacity
Online
2028
approximate target
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closed or awarded
Capital pending
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conditional or under review
How it works
Fuel is packed in tough ceramic-coated particles (TRISO), often in billiard-ball pebbles, and cooled by helium gas. Runs much hotter than water reactors, which suits industrial heat.
OPEN IN 3D →Others on this approach
No project-level financing disclosed yet.
Sources: powermag.com
Not applicable: test or demonstration machine, sells no power
Department of Defense demonstration (Strategic Capabilities Office)
STEP 4/6 · AT RISK HALEU is the bottleneckMost advanced designs need HALEU (5–20% enriched), with no commercial US supply at scale yet.
STEP 4/4 · WATCH Office relaunched as Energy Dominance FinancingLending shifts toward nuclear and utility expansions (AP1000 offers, Constellation uprates).
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