The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has completed phase two of the pre-licensing vendor design review for Terrestrial Energy’s integral molten salt reactor (IMSR) power plant.
The Canada-based nuclear technology developer said this is the first advanced, high-temperature fission technology to complete a review of this type.
The vendor design review is a comprehensive pre-licensing regulatory review. Terrestrial Energy said the completion of phase two provides “commercial confidence” to proceed to licensing and construction of IMSR plants.
“It is the first technology review completed by a major regulator of a nuclear plant design that uses a Generation IV reactor technology to supply heat at high temperature, and the first time for molten salt reactor technology,” said Simon Irish, Terrestrial Energy’s chief executive officer.