National Reactor Innovation Center
The NRIC team is committed to tackling the necessary tasks and challenges to identify and fill gaps that hinder advancing nuclear energy. This includes engaging with regulators and stakeholders and enhancing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory infrastructure and capabilities.
What's New?
DOME Scheduling Announcement Made
DOME Environmental Assessment Issued
DOE’s New Pilot Program Announced. Proposals Due 7/21/2025
Oklo announces fuel recycling facility as first phase of up to $1.68 billion advanced fuel center in Tennessee
Oklo Inc., an advanced nuclear technology company, announced plans to design, build, and operate a fuel recycling facility in Tennessee as the first phase of an advanced fuel center.
NANO Nuclear signs CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory to support its advanced nuclear reactor development
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) (“NANO Nuclear” or “the Company”), a leading advanced nuclear energy and technology company focused on developing clean energy solutions, is proud to announce its execution of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Company breaks ground on nation’s first experimental modular reactor
INL officials met with Texas-based Aalo Atomics on a 1-acre parcel inside the INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex Thursday morning for the groundbreaking of Aalo-X, the first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor.
Why a US firm’s thorium fuel breakthrough is significant for India
Last week, when the first-of-its-kind thorium-based fuel developed by a firm in the United States—Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE)—achieved a 45 GigaWatt-days per Metric Ton (GWd/MTU) burn-up level at the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, it was not only a breakthrough with potential to redefine the future of nuclear energy, now dependent on uranium. The development is significant for India, too.
Radiant announces Equinix preorder & deposits for 20 Kaleidos microreactors
Radiant, the developer of the world's first portable mass-produced nuclear microreactor, announced today that Equinix, the world's digital infrastructure company®, has signed a preorder agreement and submitted deposits for the purchase of 20 Kaleidos microreactors.