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Fabrication milestone for INL’s MARVEL microreactor

February 24, 2025, 7:01AMNuclear News
From left, INL’s Mark Nefzger, Raymond Clark, and John Jackson and DOE-NE’s and Diana Li pose with a MARVEL component.. (Photo: DOE-NE)

A team from Idaho National Laboratory and the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy recently visited Carolina Fabricators Inc. (CFI) in West Columbia, S.C., to launch the fabrication process for the primary coolant system of the MARVEL microreactor. Battelle Energy Alliance, which manages INL, awarded the CFI contract in January.

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