Possibilities With Our Power Applications

For remote communities in places like Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific islands, NuGen Engines™ can offer a reliable source of electricity and heat. These locations often depend on costly diesel generators, along with the logistical challenges and expenses of transporting fuel, making the NuGen Engine™ a superior solution.

NuGen Engines™ can be deployed at locations where reliable 24/7 electricity, preferably clean electricity on a secure basis, is mission essential. Examples include military installations, hospitals, and AI and data centers, including edge data centers. 

The NuGen Engine™ can power microgrids to provide enhanced reliability and resilience. These microgrids can be freestanding or grid-connected with the ability to disconnect and operate autonomously during grid disruptions. In a hybrid system, the NuGen Engine™ can also serve as the 24/7, load-following energy anchor for planned or existing renewable sources.

The NuGen Engine™ can provide cogeneration (process heat and electricity) for the production of industrial products, such as synthetic fuel, chemicals, fertilizer and hydrogen.  The gas temperatures contemplated for the NuGen Engine™ (800° C) are appropriate for a wide range of process heat applications.  With its safety and simplicity, units can be sited adjacent or close to the production facility, minimizing heat and electricity transmission loses, reducing costs and economizing land use.

NuGen Engines™ could provide the electricity needed to power desalination plants, along with process heat for those plants using more efficient thermal processes.  The simplicity and safety of the NuGen Engine™ allows deployment and siting at the plants’ locations.

NuGen Engines™ could provide district heating in the US, as provided in Europe by nuclear power to heat residential and commercial buildings.

With its transportability, safety, and easy siting, the NuGen Engine™ can provide rapid, short-term, or sustained, long-term electricity and heat at emergency disaster locations.

As a safe compact robust microreactor, the NuGen Engine™ can be used, in single or multiple units, onboard ships and tugboats to provide clean propulsion. With shipping responsible for 3% of global carbon emissions, the pressure to find clean energy alternatives is mounting. This context has prompted the International Maritime Organization to pledge decarbonization by 2050 and consider a carbon tax as early as 2027. NuGen is a member of the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO), which is actively working to enable floating nuclear power plants, including those for marine propulsion.

The NuGen Engine™ is a highly adaptable microreactor for national defense, offering a unique combination of simplicity, mobility, and high safety. Its diverse applications include the production of synthetic fuels, charging electrical vehicles and other equipment, and powering high-energy munitions to counter drone attacks.

An exciting potential use for NuGen Engines™ is for space power and propulsion, an area where nuclear technology's value is well-established. The simple, compact, and robust fission system is contained in a single module, making it ideal as a lunar power system. This single module design simplifies transportation, launch, in-space travel, and deployment on the lunar surface. The system's smaller volume and weight meet stringent space transportation constraints, while its high temperature and efficiency reduce the mass of the radiator—a key metric for space applications. 

The NuGen Engine™ is designed for broad deployment of its units as "fission batteries" that are cost-effective, reliable, and easily installed. These units would be standardized and capable of autonomous or semi-autonomous operation. NuGen's CEO is a member of ANPEG, the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, https://anpeg.mit.edu, which actively promotes fission batteries. This includes advocating for their economic production through advanced manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing, a strategy NuGen intends to use.