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Small by Design

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Meeting surging global energy demand while preserving a livable planet will require nuclear power that is small enough to build quickly and flexible enough to follow the grid.

The Hadron plant is a step forward for nuclear, delivering firm power in 80 MWe increments that can be added as demand grows.

Our first Hadron plant is currently being built in Idaho.

The Idaho project
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The Hadron reactor is built in a factory, not a field.

Each 80 MWe module is an integral pressurized-water reactor: core, steam generators and pressurizer live inside a single forged vessel that ships complete by rail. Standardized modules mean repeatable quality, predictable schedules and costs that fall with every unit we build.

How Hadron works
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While renewable energy is carbon-free, it is sometimes unavailable due to weather conditions.

Hadron modules ramp between 20 and 100 percent output at 5 percent per minute, filling the gap when wind and solar fall off and stepping back when they return. A six-module plant behaves like a gigawatt-scale battery that never runs down.

Hadron on the grid

Clear Advantage

By moving to a small, standardized plant design, the Hadron technology requires far fewer resources to construct and operate. This results in lower costs, shorter schedules and higher value for the communities that host it.

  • Power to 70,000 homes per module

    80 MWe

  • Scalable plant configuration

    1 – 6 Modules

    Up to 480 MWe on one site

  • Factory-fabricated

    90% of components

    Built off-site, shipped by rail

  • Passive safety

    Zero operator action

    Walk-away safe for an unlimited period

  • High-quality steam for industrial decarbonization

    320 ºC

  • Overall site area

    ~ 15 acres

    For a six-module, 480 MWe plant

  • Rapid construction

    ~ 24 Months

    From first nuclear concrete to fuel load

  • Load following

    20 – 100%

    At 5% per minute, per module

  • Design life

    60 Years

    Refueling every 24 months

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The Hadron plant

An 80 MWe integral reactor, factory-built and passively safe. Learn how the Hadron module redefines what a nuclear plant can be.

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Heat for industry

Hadron modules supply 320 ºC process steam to refineries, chemical plants and data centers that need to decarbonize without downtime.

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