US advanced nuclear technology company Arc Clean Technology has signed a strategic partnership project agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the management and operating contractor of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in support of deployment of a first-of-a-kind Arc-100 small modular reactor (SMR).

Arc said the agreement to deploy an Arc-100 at INL is “a landmark milestone” in bringing advanced nuclear energy to commercial reality.

INL has been an integral member of Arc’s team under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Reactor Concepts 2020 (Arc-20) Program, contributing critical technical expertise to the Arc-20 project.