Project Pele nuclear power plant
Gross capacity
2MW
Project Pele nuclear power plant is a gas-cooled reactor unit at Project Pele nuclear power plant in United States rated at 2 MW gross. It is under construction. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 2028.
Specification
| Reactor type | Gas-cooled reactor (GCR) |
|---|---|
| Model | not disclosed |
| Size | Very small20 MWe or less |
| Coolant | Carbon dioxide |
| Moderator | Graphite |
| Gross capacity | 2MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | not disclosed |
| Net capacity (design) | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Typical enrichment | Natural uranium to 2.5–3.5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Project Pele nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | not stated |
| Country | United States |
| Owner | US Department of Defense100% |
| Coordinates | 43.5195, -112.0460approximate |
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium metal (Magnox) or uranium dioxide (AGR)
Enrichment
Natural uranium to 2.5–3.5% U-235 no enrichment required
Upstream
This unit runs on natural uranium, so its fuel chain has no enrichment step at all: mine → mill → conversion → fabrication. That is the shortest fuel chain of any commercial reactor type, and it makes the operator independent of the four organisations that control enrichment worldwide.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Jan 2028Commercial operation
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2026-06-29
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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