The MOU sets the stage for continued discussions on the potential Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and deployment of a 299MW PRISM reactor at the federally owned facility.
SRNS is the management and operating contractor for DOE at SRS.
The PRISM reactor design, which completed US NRC pre-application reviews in 1994, is an advanced, Generation IV reactor technology that builds on the nation’s research and development of sodium cooled reactors.
A key attribute of PRISM technology is that it generates additional electricity from recycling used nuclear fuel.
