Programmes and agreements / prg-us-nano-ameresco-microreactor-mou

NANO Nuclear Energy and Ameresco memorandum on deploying NANO microreactors at US federal and commercial sites (2026)

Ameresco signed a memorandum with NANO Nuclear Energy, reported in January 2026, to explore deploying NANO's microreactors - including KRONOS MMR, ZEUS and LOKI MMR - at US federal and commercial sites, with Ameresco expected to lead EPC under later site-specific agreements. No site, order or licence application 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

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

United States

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: NANO Nuclear Energy
• Other participant: Ameresco

Designs named

LOKI MMR, KRONOS MMR, ZEUS (no design profile)

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

Jan 2026

Status

Active
Exploratory memorandum, site-specific agreements expected later, no site named.

Confidence

low

Last checked

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

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Agreements for potential deployment of NANO microreactors (reputable_press, published 12 Jan 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)