Projects / prj-stellaria-alvin-cadarache
Stellaria Alvin experimental reactor (INB Alpha) at Cadarache
Experimental reactor, not a power plant. Stellaria filed the creation-authorisation application for INB Alpha on 19 December 2025 for its 100 kW Alvin molten-salt experimental reactor, planned to start in 2030 on the Cadarache site.
- Stage
- Licensing
- Design
- Design not selected (Microreactor)
- Technology
- Not selected · unknown
- Operator(s)
- Stellaria
- Vendor(s)
- —
- Location
- CEA Cadarache · France · precision: approximate
OpenStreetMap Nominatim point for 'Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Cadarache'; centre point, not a facility plot. - Coordinates
- 43.6876, 5.7556
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- 0.1 MWth (nameplate_unspecified)
- 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
- WNN: Stellaria seeks permission to build experimental reactor (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-02)
- Sfen RGN: Stellaria's DAC filed (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-02)