17 December 2020 Share The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has selected five teams to receive USD30 million in initial funding for risk reduction projects under its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). All five of the selected designs have the potential to compete globally once deployed, DOE said. Clockwise from top left: BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor; eVinci Microreactor; Kairos KP-FHR; Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment; Holtec SMR-160 (Images: DOE/Kairos Power)) The Risk reduction programme is one of three development and demonstration pathways under the ADRP and aims to design and develop safe and affordable reactor technologies that can be licensed and deployed over the next 10 to 14 years.