Projects / prj-last-energy-rellis
Last Energy PWR-5 pilot at Texas A&M-RELLIS
Texas A&M's 18 Jun 2026 release says Last Energy announced a DOE preliminary documented safety analysis approval in May 2026 for a PWR-5 pilot at RELLIS. The DOE letter was not opened in this pass, so the approval is recorded as reported by the university host. Not an NRC operating licence. Electrical output was not stated.
- Stage
- Licensing
- Design
- Last Energy PWR-5 (Microreactor)
- Technology
- Integral pressurized water reactor (iPWR) · light_water
- Operator(s)
- Last Energy
- Vendor(s)
- Last Energy
- Location
- Texas A&M-RELLIS Energy Proving Ground · United States · precision: approximate
Shared campus pin for distinct company proposals. Coordinate is the NuclearChain CC BY 4.0 sites export pin for the Aalo Texas A&M discovery row (position_approximate=1), which sits on the RELLIS campus. It is not a reactor-building survey and is not a headquarters pin. - Coordinates
- 30.6420749, -96.4682751
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-01 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- America's Nuclear Energy Race Accelerates at Texas A&M-RELLIS (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)