Programmes and agreements / prg-us-idaho-strategic-radiant-kaleidos

Idaho Strategic Resources and Radiant memorandum on Kaleidos microreactors at a mine site (2024)

In May 2024 Idaho Strategic Resources signed a non-binding memorandum with Radiant to join the Kaleidos Frontier Pilot Program, creating a pathway to operate one or more of the first five Kaleidos microreactors at a viable Idaho Strategic site. The two companies agreed to study licensing and operations, no site is named.

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

Customer agreement

Countries concerned

United States

Participants and roles

• Host or customer: Idaho Strategic Resources
• Developer or vendor: Radiant Industries

Designs named

Kaleidos

Scale as stated

one or more of the first five Frontier Kaleidos units

Announced or first reported

8 May 2024

Status

Status not established
Non-binding MOU to join the Kaleidos Frontier Pilot Program and jointly study licensing, site not named.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

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

Related deployment projects

• Radiant Kaleidos demonstration at INL DOME — Commissioning · United States

Sources

• Idaho Strategic Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Radiant Industries Frontier Program (company_primary, published 8 May 2024, accessed 2026-10-14)