Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the entity that manages Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has initiated contract negotiations with a team lead by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) and supported by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Terra Power to back the design and build phase of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The announcement follows a review process of submissions by industry teams in response to a request for proposals (RFP) issued earlier this year. The RFP followed a November 2019–issued expression of interest (EOI), which BEA issued to gauge stakeholder interest in forming a cost-sharing partnership arrangement to design and construct the experimental fast neutron nuclear reactor.
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