A compact, transportable nuclear reactor may come to Utah under new agreement

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A compact, transportable nuclear reactor may come to Utah under new agreement

https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/08/06/compact-transportable-nuclear-reactor-new-agreement/

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The Utah Office of Energy Development signed a memorandum of understanding with Nuclea Energy to evaluate siting a Morpheus microreactor at the San Rafael Energy Lab. The agreement supports the developer as it coordinates with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy to advance the commercialization of the transportable, atmospheric-pressure reactor design. This partnership aims to accelerate the deployment of modular nuclear technology within the state.

The Utah Office of Energy Development signed an agreement with Nuclea Energy to explore siting a nuclear microreactor.

A micro nuclear reactor may be coming to Utah as the state's Office of Energy Development announced it signed an agreement with Nuclea Energy, a Canadian nuclear technology developer, to explore siting a test reactor in central Utah.

Morpheus, the microreactor Nuclea Energy is developing, is "designed to be factory-built, transportable and scalable from approximately 3.5 MWe to 50 MWe," the company said in a news release.

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