Designs / dsn-kaist-mmr
KAIST Micro Modular Reactor (MMR)
Historical transportable remote-power micro modular reactor described in a 2017 KAIST thesis:36 MWth, supercritical CO₂-cooled direct Brayton cycle, sized for ship or truck transport. Electrical output is not reconciled from this source. This is distinct from KAIST’s 450 MWth water-cooled ATOM concept; no deployment is established.
Catalogue identity snapshot: 2017 (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
- Microreactor
- Technology
- Other
- Coolant
- other
- Spectrum
- unknown
- Developer / vendor(s) as of 2017
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Module thermal
- 36 MWth (nameplate; basis unspecified)
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-13
Tracked deployment projects
- No projects tracked here.
Design sources
- KAIST: safety analysis and control logic for Micro Modular Reactor (company_primary, dated 2017, accessed 2026-10-13)