Designs / dsn-kaist-atom
KAIST ATOM
Autonomous Transportable On-demand Reactor Module, a 450 MWth PWR-type small modular reactor in a 2020 KAIST publication. Electrical output and an integral vessel configuration are not established by the opened abstract. Historical research design, distinct from KAIST MMR; no deployment is established.
Catalogue identity snapshot: 2020 (dated technical description; not confirmation of current development). Later technical descriptions, where recorded, are dated separately below. Source review does not establish current availability or a deployment.
- Class
- SMR
- Technology
- Other
- Coolant
- light water
- Spectrum
- unknown
- Developer / vendor(s) as of 2020
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Module thermal
- 450 MWth (nameplate; basis unspecified)
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_design_class
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-13
Tracked deployment projects
- No projects tracked here.
Design sources
- KAIST: multi-batch fuel management for ATOM (company_primary, published 2020, accessed 2026-10-13)