Programmes and agreements / prg-us-srns-geh-prism-srs-2010
SRNS and GE Hitachi agreement to explore a PRISM prototype at the Savannah River Site (2010)
In October 2010 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, DOE's management contractor at the Savannah River Site, signed an agreement with GE Hitachi to explore deploying a prototype of GEH's PRISM reactor as part of a proposed demonstration of small modular reactor technologies at the site. It was exploratory only, with no deployment commitment, licence application or construction.
- Type
- Cooperation agreement or MOU
- Countries concerned
- United States
- Region named by the sources
- South Carolina
- Participants and roles
- Other participant: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)
- Developer or vendor: GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
- Designs named
- PRISM
- Scale as stated
- Not stated by the sources
- Announced or first reported
- 27 Oct 2010
- Status
- Status not established
Historical agreement to explore, no later deployment step recorded in the sources read. - 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
- Timeline Events - 2010 (government_primary, published 29 Nov 2012, accessed 2026-10-14)