USNC Selects Alabama for Advanced Microreactor Assembly Plant
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Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) will invest $232 million in Gadsden,?Alabama. Gadsden will be the location of the company’s MMR Assembly Plant (MAP). The highly automated facility will manufacture, assemble, test, and inspect the non-radiological modules needed to construct USNC’s industry-leading Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR). The company emphasized that no radioactive material is to be used or stored at this facility.
The decision to locate in Gadsden resulted from a yearlong search spanning 16 states and hundreds of potential sites. Primary factors evaluated included site suitability and infrastructure, skilled workforce availability, and overall project economics. USNC and the State of Alabama formalized the deal through a Project Agreement executed by Governor Kay Ivey and the company.
“We appreciate the interest and support for this effort from the City of Gadsden, Etowah County, the Alabama Department of Commerce and so many others including Governor Ivey and her talented team,” said?USNC’s?Chief Nuclear Officer Dan Stout. “We especially appreciate the guidance and efforts of April Gray at the Department of Commerce and David Hooks of the?Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority?in making this project a reality.”