Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Katy Huff gets a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Radiant Industries Kaleidos microreactor in El Segundo, California.

Radiant is developing Kaleidos, a portable 1.2-megawatt gas-cooled microreactor, as a potential replacement for diesel generators.

All the components of the compact design would be packaged in a single shipping container, making rapid deployment to remote locations or for disaster relief locations possible.

The company is currently working with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory through a GAIN voucher to develop computational analysis tools to advance the reactor’s design.

Kaleidos is one of three microreactor designs that could potentially test in the Department's NRIC DOME — the world's first microreactor test bed.

Testing could start as early as 2026.

The Office of Nuclear Energy works with industry and other stakeholders to extend the life cycles of our current fleet of reactors and to develop new technologies that will help meet future environmental and energy goals.

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