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DOE Awards $5 Million for Second Phase of Advanced Reactor Experiment Designs
November 18, 2024
Two companies are one step closer to testing reactor experiments in world’s first microreactor test bed
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a total of $5 million to Radiant Industries, Inc. and Westinghouse to progress their microreactor designs for testing in the new Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory.
The funds will support the detailed engineering and experiment planning (DEEP) process, which is the next phase of a larger multi-phase approach to support nuclear developers in planning for the design, fabrication, construction, and testing of fueled reactor experiments.
“As the first microreactor test bed in the world, DOME is a tremendous resource for companies seeking to deploy first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear technologies,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dr. Michael Goff. “We’re excited to see Radiant and Westinghouse move forward in the design process and look forward to seeing their work progress.”
Radiant and Westinghouse will each complete a Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA) as part of the DEEP process. Completion of the PDSA is required prior to the fabrication and testing of reactors in DOME. Before receiving DEEP awards, Radiant and Westinghouse successfully completed the front-end engineering and experiment design (FEEED) process.