Advanced Reactor Concepts to collaborate in Canadian SMR cluster
Advanced Reactor Concepts has joined a Canadian nuclear research cluster that will work on the research and development of small modular reactor (SMR) technology.
The US company is developing ARC-100, a 100MWe SMR that it claims will operate for 20 years without the need to refuel.
“ARC was formed to bring back and commercialise a technically mature, advanced reactor technology that was created and proven by a US prototype reactor that ran successfully in the United States for 30 years,” said Don Wolf, CEO and chairman of ARC. “We are excited by the opportunity that this collaboration represents and applaud the [Canadian] Province of New Brunswick for their strategic decision. We intend to demonstrate that the inherent safety features of our reactor enable a simple and cost-effective design which will be competitive with all other forms of electricity generation.”
ARC is developing a metallic fuel, sodium-cooled, fast reactor and aims to license, construct, and commission its first operational, grid-connected reactor in Canada.
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