Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
ARDP demonstration award: TerraPower (Natrium)
DOE awarded TerraPower $80 million in initial ARDP funding on 13 October 2020 for the Natrium demonstration.
- Category
- Awards and selections
- Status
- Awarded
- Instrument
- award · ARDP initial award to TerraPower, 13 October 2020
- Issued by
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- Project funding
- In effect from
- —
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- DOE: first awards under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (13 Oct 2020) (DOE award announcement)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2027-01-15
Legal and geographic scope
Initial cost-shared DOE funding of $80 million to TerraPower for the Natrium demonstration, which DOE now places at Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Not approved or still pending
The award is funding, not a licence; total federal support depends on later appropriations.
Dated lifecycle
- 2020-10-13 · Awarded (DOE: first awards under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (13 Oct 2020))
Related instruments
Projects or designs named by the source
- Natrium Kemmerer Unit 1 — DOE's ARDP projects page places the funded Natrium demonstration at Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Sources
- DOE: first awards under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (13 Oct 2020) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
- DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Projects page (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)