The concept-stage evidence base, in one place.
For investors, grant reviewers, port authorities and terminal operators, utilities, engineering collaborators, and research institutions evaluating the maritime nuclear infrastructure interface — shore power, resilient port microgrids, firm multi-MW capacity, high-temperature process heat, and readiness for future nuclear-capable vessel calls. Public memos and models are open below; a founder-track deck, financial model, and draft regulatory engagement plan are in preparation and will be shared under a mutual NDA as they are completed.
Hardware status — No TidalCore reactor hardware has been built, fuelled, or tested. 15 MWth, ~850 °C, and every other parameter published here are concept targets and study assumptions from reduced-order models, pending independent validation.
Federal and international activity through August 2026 — the IAEA ATLAS initiative and MARAD's agreements with the Port of Long Beach (2026-07-22) and Port of Corpus Christi (2026-08-19) — indicates the port interface is under active public examination. TidalCore is not a party to any of it and claims no endorsement or relationship.
TidalCore is an independent concept-stage development study. It is not a licensed reactor design, no application has been submitted to the U.S. NRC, and no approval, review, or endorsement by the NRC, DOE, USCG, IMO, MARAD, any national laboratory, port, or utility is claimed or implied. All figures are modeled design targets subject to independent validation.
Download the two-page technical brief (print / PDF) →Open — public dossier
15 MWth / 5 MWe heat-pipe HALEU TRISO microreactor — technical concept and design rationale.
Competitive map of 15 NRC-tracked advanced reactor designs vs the port lane.
Proposed licensing pathway under 10 CFR Part 53 and a mapped pre-application engagement sequence.
Reduced-order parametric model with citations.
In preparation — shared under NDA as prepared
Planned scope: problem, port-interface thesis, milestones and use of funds.
Planned scope: 18-month budget, non-dilutive funding stack and longer-range scenarios.
Planned scope: summary of design concepts under evaluation for protection. No patent or provisional application has been filed.
Planned scope: engagement outline mapped to RG 1.232 / RG 1.233. No NRC engagement has started.
Planned scope: passive decay-heat rejection and fission-product retention argument.
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Reference library — DOE · NRC · INL · EPA · MARAD · IMO
Not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. All technical figures are pre-application concept-stage estimates.