Naarea’s nuclear microreactor technology
The XAMR micro reactor from Naarea combines three key technologies: molten salt, fast neutrons and small modular reactors (SMRs). The microreactor will use long-lived nuclear waste. The company says it will use the spent radioactive material stored in France – with the reserve potentially lasting for several hundred years.
The company aims to close the fuel cycle and promote the circular economy completely. The fast neutron reactor can produce 40 MW of electricity and heat (80 MW thermal) from nuclear spent fuel.
“Naarea’s micro reactor consists of a molten salt reactor operating at close to atmospheric pressure and salt-cooled, in which an inherently auto-regulated fission reaction takes place at a high temperature around 1292 degrees Fahrenheit (700° C), as per the company.