$65,338,120
to SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.
MCRE – WORLD’S FIRST CRITICAL MCFR TO CONFIRM KEY PHYSICS PHENOMENA RELEVANT TO MCFR-D, MCRE SOW WILL INCLUDE THE DESIGN, DOE AUTHORIZATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF A LOW POWER, HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM (HEU) CHLORIDE SALT- FUELED CRITICAL REACTOR EXPERIMENT HOSTED AT INL. MCRE WILL BE THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF A FAST SPECTRUM MOLTEN SALT FUEL FORM IN A CRITICAL LOW-POWER NUCLEAR REACTOR IN THE WORLD. KEY RESULTS - DESIGN AND DELIVER MODULES FOR INTEGRATION AT LOTUS, SUPPORT INL EFFORTS TO OBTAIN DOE AUTHORIZATION, SUPPORT MODULE INSTALLATION WITHIN LOTUS, AND SAFELY OPERATE THE CRITICAL MOLTEN CHLORIDE REACTOR EXPERIMENT TO CONFIRM KEY, LOW-KNOWLEDGE PHENOMENA. - SUPPORT INL EFFORTS TO SYNTHESIZE SALT FUEL, LOAD SALT FUEL INTO THE REACTOR, AND OPERATE THE LIQUID SALT FUELED REACTOR EXPERIMENT. - SUMMARIZE KEY DATA TO SUPPORT MCFR-D LICENSING STRATEGY.
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What the model surfaced from this award
Design, construct, and operate the world's first critical molten chloride fast-spectrum reactor experiment using highly enriched uranium fuel at Idaho National Laboratory.
Demonstrates feasibility of advanced molten salt reactor technology critical to next-generation nuclear fuel cycles and DOE's molten chloride fast reactor development program.
Signals demand for specialized HEU fuel synthesis, salt chemistry expertise, reactor module fabrication, and instrumentation for advanced nuclear experiments.
Advanced reactor designs and molten salt fuel technology are strategic priorities; this work positions U.S. leadership in next-generation nuclear fuel cycles.
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