Designs / dsn-starcore

StarCore

Helium-cooled high-temperature reactor by StarCore Nuclear, listed in the IAEA's 2020 SMR booklet with a Block One rating of 35 MWt / 14 MWe and a Block Two rating of 50 MWt / 20 MWe (pre-conceptual design). This dated design profile does not establish current development, a deployment site or any regulatory permission.

Source snapshot: 2020 (edition or document date of the cited source). Source review does not establish current availability or a deployment.

Class
SMR
Technology
High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR)
Coolant
helium
Spectrum
thermal
Developer / vendor(s) as of 2020
StarCore Nuclear
Module electrical
14 MWe (nameplate (gross/net unspecified))
Module thermal
35 MWth (nameplate_unspecified)
Inclusion basis
smr_by_design_class
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-10-03

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