Programmes and agreements / prg-pr-nuclear-alternative-project-smr-siting-study

Nuclear Alternative Project study of SMR and microreactor site suitability in Puerto Rico (DOE-funded)

DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy published an abstract in November 2021 for a Nuclear Alternative Project award to evaluate the general site suitability for small modular reactors and microreactors in Puerto Rico. The non-profit says it is studying the feasibility of advanced reactors for the island, no site, project or licence application exists.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Puerto Rico

Participants and roles

• Research: Nuclear Alternative Project
• Government: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

23 Nov 2021

Status

Status not established
DOE-supported general site-suitability study, outcome not verified, no project.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• The Nuclear Alternative Project Abstract (government_primary, published 23 Nov 2021, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Nuclear Alternative Project home page (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-14)