Fact Sheets

Nuclear Reactor Systems

INL operates 3 types of nuclear reactors: test, demonstration and commercial power reactors.
Includes only companies that are engaged in formal licensing or pre-licensing activities with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for power-producing reactors.
MSL for Nuclear instrumentation is designed for irradiation experiments and advanced reactors and include a collection of laboratory spaces, equipment and capabilities.
A facility for researchers and technology developers to test new microreactor concepts.
National laboratory engineers have studied nuclear reactor designs fueled or cooled by molten salt since the 1950s.
SPHERE can be broadly used to test microreactor structures and subsystems. SPHERE supports a variety of testing, tool development and experimental needs.

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