Aalo Atomics, a US-based microreactor developer, has introduced the Aalo Pod, a 50 MWe modular reactor designed to provide power for data centres. The Aalo Pod is built on the company’s Aalo-1 advanced reactor technology.
According to Aalo Atomics, the Aalo Pod is tailored to meet the growing energy demands of modern data centres, offering fast, reliable, and scalable on-site power. The company claims that the reactor is the result of extensive market research and feedback from customers.
The Aalo Pod features five Aalo-1 reactors and is fully modular, allowing for seamless scaling to larger power capacities. Its compact design, which requires minimal land use, and its lack of dependence on external water sources make it suitable for co-location with data centres. Aalo Atomics emphasizes the ability to mass-manufacture and ship the Aalo Pod via standard shipping methods, which reduces installation time. Additionally, the Aalo-1 reactors are sodium-cooled and use low enriched uranium fuel (LEU+), which is considered safe and widely available.
The Aalo Pod’s modular structure can be scaled up to gigawatt levels. For instance, 100 MWe can be deployed on less than five acres, offering flexibility in site selection and land utilization. The company claims that the system offers advantages over traditional energy solutions such as solar, wind, and conventional nuclear power.
Aalo Atomics expects to deliver an Aalo Pod within 12 months of order placement, with additional units following a few months later. Matt Loszak, CEO of Aalo Atomics, noted that the company aims to address the growing data centre market by offering a reactor that combines the benefits of factory-fabricated microreactors, small modular reactors, and large reactor power levels.
The Aalo Pod’s release coincides with Aalo Atomics unveiling the first non-nuclear prototype of the Aalo-1 reactor and a new manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas. Last year, the company completed the conceptual design for the Aalo-1, a sodium-cooled 10 MWe microreactor using uranium zirconium hydride fuel elements. It is also developing a non-nuclear test reactor, the Aalo-0, at its Austin headquarters, and plans to build its first nuclear reactor, the Aalo Experimental reactor (Aalo-X), at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
Aalo Atomics has received approval from the US Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office to seek authorization for the siting of the Aalo-X experimental reactor at INL. Additionally, the company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Idaho Falls Power to deploy seven Aalo-1 reactors with a total capacity of 75 MWe.
Aalo Atomics was also recently selected as one of four partners to develop up to 1 GW of nuclear energy generation capacity at the Texas A&M Rellis Campus. Loszak has stated that the company’s goal is to streamline the nuclear reactor manufacturing process, similar to how Henry Ford revolutionized car production, by making it fast, repeatable, and cost-effective without compromising safety or quality.
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