Projects / prj-uiuc-kronos
University of Illinois KRONOS MMR
NANO Nuclear's 31 December 2025 release says it signed a memorandum with the University of Illinois board to develop a KRONOS MMR on campus, and that the design is in NRC construction-permit pre-application. The memorandum is not a permit. No electrical output is stated. The university would take ownership only after construction, licensing, and operation.
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- KRONOS MMR (Microreactor)
- Technology
- High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) · helium
- Operator(s)
- —
- Vendor(s)
- NANO Nuclear Energy
- Location
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus · United States · precision: undisclosed
The company release names the university campus and does not give a coordinate or a building. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 1
- 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
- NANO Nuclear and University of Illinois KRONOS memorandum (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)