Projects / prj-unity-hornbeck-maritime
Deployable Energy–Hornbeck Unity maritime demonstration proposal
Deployable Energy’s 28 August 2026 release states it will conduct a Unity Nuclear Battery maritime demonstration with Hornbeck Offshore through Launch Pad USA. Both companies’ quoted executives describe the intended offshore demonstration and testing of power generation, transport and integration. This affirmative announcement goes beyond the earlier feasibility MOU. Vessel, port, jurisdictional waters, module count, output, operator and timing are undisclosed; US denotes the named Launch Pad USA demonstration route, not a vessel flag or port. Separate from the INL zero-power experiment and planned DOME full-power test. No maritime or reactor operating permission is established.
What this record says
Last verified 2026-10-13. This is a record review date, not proof of current activity. An announcement records the announcement, not necessarily the physical step it describes.
Site and deployment
Deployable Energy–Hornbeck Unity maritime demonstration proposal is recorded at Unity–Hornbeck maritime demonstration location (undisclosed), state or province not recorded, United States. Operator: No operator is recorded. Vendor for a linked design: Deployable Energy. Stage: Announced. Location precision: undisclosed.
Capacity
Electrical output is not recorded on this project. Module count is not recorded. Thermal output is not recorded on this project.
Permission recorded
- No project-specific regulatory action is recorded here. This is not a finding that no permission exists.
Latest supported development
No actual dated development is recorded.
Next documented milestone
No next milestone date is recorded.
Material unknowns
- Electrical output is not recorded.
- Thermal output is not recorded on this project.
- No operator is recorded.
- No map pin is shown for this record.
- State or province is not recorded.
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- Design
- Unity (Microreactor)
- Technology
- Other · helium
- Operator(s)
- Not recorded
- Vendor for linked design
- Deployable Energy
- Location
- Unity–Hornbeck maritime demonstration location (undisclosed) · United States · precision: undisclosed
Launch Pad USA programme route only; no vessel, port, offshore point or flag is inferred. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- Not recorded · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- Not recorded
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-13 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Selected jurisdiction context
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Sources
- Deployable Energy: INL full-power and Hornbeck maritime demonstrations (company_primary, published 28 Aug 2026, accessed 2026-10-13)
- INL: new Nuclear Energy Launch Pad participants and USA pathway scope (government_primary, published 24 Aug 2026, accessed 2026-10-13)