Terra Innovatum
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Terra Innovatum is a reactor developer designing SOLO, a micro-modular reactor of about 1 MW of electricity. SOLO has a gas-cooled core with a separate moderator and uses conventional low-enriched uranium oxide pellets (below 5% uranium-235) in Zircaloy cladding, the same kind of fuel used in large power reactors. The company says the design was conceived in 2018, that later versions could use higher-enriched fuels, and that it aims for commercial deployment in 2028, subject to approval by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It markets SOLO for data centres, remote communities, desalination and defence sites.
- Sector
- Fission
- Technology
- Gas-cooled
- Fuel
- Low-enriched uranium
- Role
- Reactor developer
Terms
- Gas-cooled
- Reactors cooled by gas, usually helium or carbon dioxide, allowing higher outlet temperatures than water.
- Low-enriched uranium
- Uranium enriched to 5% uranium-235 or less, typically 3 to 5%: the range almost all power reactors use. Formally, anything below 20% is low-enriched; this site holds the band from 5% to just under 20% separately as HALEU, with its 5 to 10% part also tagged as LEU+. A fuel above 5% uranium-235 belongs in one of those, never here, whatever a developer's own materials call it.
Designs
| Design | Developer | Approach | Electrical output per unit | Size class | Licensing stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOLO SOLO Micro-Modular Reactor | Terra Innovatum | Gas-cooled | 1 MWe planned | Microreactor | No milestone recorded |