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Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign applied to NRC for permit for construction of a research reactor - KRONOS micro modular reactor from NANO. https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-043.pdf There's preliminary safety analysis report available with some interesting details in it. More interesting details were redacted as proprietary information belonging to NANO. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2609/ML26090A467.pdf Reactor is 45MWth helium cooled, graphite moderated with prismatic TRISO fuel with enrichment not exceeding 9,9%.