Projects / prj-nuclea-morpheus-usrel
Nuclea Morpheus test reactor siting at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab
Test reactor proposal. Utah's Office of Energy Development and Nuclea Energy signed an agreement in 2026 to explore siting a Morpheus test reactor at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Orangeville. Distinct from the Ward 250 record at the same lab.
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- Morpheus (Microreactor)
- Technology
- Lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) · lead
- Operator(s)
- —
- Vendor(s)
- Nuclea Energy
- Location
- Utah San Rafael Energy Lab · United States · precision: approximate
Centre of the map embedded on the lab's own About page, labelled 'San Rafael Energy Research Center' (39.2394, -111.0893). Lab-area point, not a surveyed reactor pad. Replaces an earlier road-centroid geocode. - Coordinates
- 39.2394, -111.0893
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- —
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-02 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- Utah News Dispatch: compact transportable nuclear reactor agreement (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-02)
- Nuclea Energy: Morpheus (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)