TerraPower and Southern Company finalise their agreement to build and run the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment at INL

TerraPower/Molten Chloride Fast Reactor

TerraPower and Southern Company finalized an agreement to design, build and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment at Idaho National Laboratory, a non-power demonstration reactor backed by a five-year, $170M DOE cost-shared award. The small fast-spectrum salt reactor aims to inform the design of a larger Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.

• Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment at Idaho National Laboratory; first critical fast-spectrum salt reactor demonstration
• $170M five-year cost-shared DOE award through Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program; first criticality target late 2025
• Operates up to 500 kW non-power reactor; informs design, licensing of ~180 MW MCFR demonstration in early 2030s