{"id":361,"date":"2025-06-17T12:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:05:40","slug":"doe-opens-door-to-private-sector-demonstrations-at-marvel-nuclear-microreactor-test-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/doe-opens-door-to-private-sector-demonstrations-at-marvel-nuclear-microreactor-test-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE Opens Door to Private-Sector Demonstrations at MARVEL Nuclear Microreactor Test Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting private-sector nuclear developers to submit proposals for experiments and demonstrations using its Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) project. The first-of-its-kind operational test bed for advanced microreactor technologies is now 90% through its final design phase, with key components already under fabrication. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/doe-opens-door-to-private-sector-demonstrations-at-marvel-nuclear-microreactor-test-bed\/\">DOE Opens Door to Private-Sector Demonstrations at MARVEL Nuclear Microreactor Test Bed<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\">POWER Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"MARVEL, under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is a 85-kWth\/20-kWe sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor that will help researchers explore advanced reactor applications, including microgrid integration, remote monitoring, and autonomous control technologies. TRIGA International recently began fabricating fuel for MARVEL, with the first shipment expected by spring 2025. Fuel loading is planned for 2026, and the reactor is projected to be operational by 2027. Source: DOE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/marvel-microreactor-1200x630-1.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting private-sector nuclear developers to submit proposals for experiments and demonstrations using its Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) project. The first-of-its-kind operational test bed for advanced microreactor technologies is now 90% through its final design phase, with key components already under fabrication. Idaho National Laboratory (INL),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connected-plant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clojerl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}