{
  "slug": "project-pele",
  "name": "Project Pele",
  "company_id": "bwxt",
  "coolant": "Helium",
  "reactor_type": "htgr",
  "output_mwe": 1.5,
  "thermal_mw": null,
  "fuel_type": "TRISO",
  "enrichment_class": "HALEU",
  "enrichment_pct": "Up to 19.75% U-235",
  "regulator": "US Department of Defense / Department of Energy authorisation",
  "application_type": "DoD Strategic Capabilities Office prototype, DOE-authorised",
  "application_date": null,
  "review_phase": "Prototype under construction for demonstration at Idaho National Laboratory",
  "decision_expected": null,
  "credibility_tier": "under_construction",
  "docket": "US Department of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office, Project Pele prototype",
  "first_site_name": "Idaho National Laboratory",
  "first_site_country": "USA",
  "offtakers": null,
  "model_match": null,
  "transportable": 1,
  "form_factor": "Four ISO shipping containers, transportable by truck, rail, ship or C-17",
  "what_if": null,
  "notes": "A military transportable microreactor, built by BWXT and designed to ship in four standard containers and be operational within days of arrival. It is authorised by the Department of Energy rather than licensed by the NRC, because it is a government prototype rather than a commercial plant — an important distinction when it is cited as evidence that microreactors are ready. It is nonetheless the furthest advanced container-scale reactor anywhere.\n",
  "source_name": "US Department of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office and BWXT",
  "source_url": "https://www.bwxt.com/",
  "url": "https://nuclearchain.net/smr/project-pele/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "NuclearChain (nuclearchain.net)"
}