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Country: USA
Summary: Application to Test in the Nric Dome Facility
Deadline: 19 Jun 2026
Posting Date: 30 Apr 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 140413952
Document Ref. No.: INL-NRICRFA02
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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***GDE-55115 TO BE RELEASED SOON***
Request for Application - Application to Test in the NRIC DOME Facility
1. INTRODUCTION
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) is the Management and Operating Contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) owned Idaho National Laboratory (INL). BEA invites industry applicants to collaborate with the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) and INL to apply for the opportunity to perform advanced reactor experiments in the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed facility beginning in July 2027. The facility is located at the INL-s Material and Fuels Complex (MFC). This opportunity aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced reactors through access and testing in a nuclear reactor test bed.
2. BACKGROUND
Advanced reactor concepts are being developed by multiple commercial entities. First-of-a-kind nuclear technology needs a safe, reliable, and affordable location for testing. It is difficult to find these facilities outside of the national laboratory system and it is cost prohibitive for individual reactor developers to build test facilities themselves. NRIC was established to “enable the testing and demonstration of reactor concepts to be proposed and funded, in whole or in part, by the private sector.” Sec. 958 of NEICA 2017.
NRIC is developing facilities and processes to allow advanced reactor developers to expedite commercialization by providing the infrastructure to host fueled reactor experiments developed by industry. NRIC/INL is seeking applications from industry applicants to schedule the DOME facility for fueled reactor experiment testing when the facility is ready for use after the first reactor experiment is complete, projected July 2027. The applications will include detailed information in the following general categories, each of which is a separate section of the application:
Reactor Technology Maturity (plan to mature technology prior to testing)
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Notice ID: inl-nricrfa02
Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of
Sub-tier: energy, department of
Office: battelle energy alliance–doe cntr
Product Service Code: 4470 - nuclear reactors
NAICS Code: 221113 - Nuclear Electric Power Generation
Inactive Dates: jul 09, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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