Latest milestone
UIUC submitted a construction-permit application and NRC opened its project record.
2026-03 · NRC KRONOS application record
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UIUC · KRONOS MMR
A university research reactor based on NANO Nuclear Energy's KRONOS technology.
Lead company · NANO Nuclear Energy →
Program · NRC research-reactor licensing
Construction-permit applicationHigh confidence
Deployment stage3 / 8Development
Deployment trajectory
1Interest
2Preliminary
3Development
4Contractual
5Ready
6Physical
7Operational
8Replication
Next milestone
Pass NRC acceptance and technical review, then obtain a construction permit.
- Responsible
- University of Illinois, NANO Nuclear Energy, and NRC
- Key blocker
- Application review, design maturity, fuel, university execution, and later operating authorization
GenerationExperimental / unclassified
ScaleMicroreactor
Reactor familyHTGR
RoleResearch / test
CapacityNon-power research reactor
Reporting basisVerified