U.S. Department of Energy Funding Accelerates World-First Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
Southern Company, alongside Idaho National Laboratory and CORE POWER, received DOE cost-shared funding under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program to accelerate the final stage of the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment. MCRE is designed to be the world's first fast-spectrum molten chloride salt reactor to reach criticality, expected as early as 2027, generating real-world operating data to reduce technical risk for future reactor designers and regulators.
Key figures
- Partners customers served
- 9 million
- Expected first criticality
- as early as 2027
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