Westinghouse Electric Company has reached a significant milestone in the development of the eVinci nuclear microreactor.
The powerhouse has successfully completed the Front-End Engineering and Experimenting Design (FEEED) phase, according to a press release by the U.S.-based firm.
“Westinghouse is the first reactor developer to reach this milestone in support of siting its test reactor at NRIC’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL),” read the release published on Monday.
This achievement paves the way for potential testing and experiments with a 5MW microreactor in two years.
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