Projects / prj-thorizon-pioneer-petten
Thorizon PIONEER molten-salt demonstrator at NRG PALLAS, Petten
Demonstration reactor. Thorizon plans PIONEER, a research-scale molten-salt reactor, at the NRG PALLAS site in Petten, which NRG PALLAS intends to own, license and operate; construction is targeted for 2028 and operation for 2030. Separate from the commercial Thorizon One planned in Zeeland. Power is not published.
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- Design not selected (SMR)
- Technology
- Not selected · unknown
- Operator(s)
- NRG PALLAS, Thorizon
- Vendor(s)
- —
- Location
- NRG PALLAS site, Petten · Netherlands · precision: undisclosed
Searchable without an invented map pin. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_vendor_claim_with_capacity_check
- 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
- Thorizon: EPZ, NRG PALLAS, provinces and investors sign MoU (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)
- Provincie Zeeland: Zeeland in beeld voor eerste commerciële gesmoltenzoutreactor (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)