NX Atomics and Sciaky Collaborating to 3D Print Nuclear Components

• For decades, the nuclear industry has quietly experimented with and implemented additive. Bouyed by the likes of ORNL, companies such as Westinghouse have 3D printed components serially. We have an...

For decades, the nuclear industry has quietly experimented with and implemented additive. Bouyed by the likes of ORNL, companies such as Westinghouse have 3D printed components serially. We have an insightful podcast on the industry, and an overview article as well. A newer trend is that emerging nuclear energy startups are also using additive to accelerate their development. A new crop of Small Modular Reactor companies, such as Oklo, Valar Atomics, Ulta Safe Nuclear Corporation, Moltex Energy, Radiant, Nano Nuclear Energy, TerraPower, and NuScale, aim to make a new generation of easier-to-build, easier-to-deploy, hopefully safer nuclear power plants. Small Modular Reactors are meant to consist mainly of transportable modular components that can be made in factories at scale, rather than