US advanced nuclear reactor developer ARC Clean Technology has signed an agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance to support the first deployment of its ARC-100 small modular reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The partners will use laboratory facilities and expertise to reduce technical risk before construction, licensing, and commercial-scale deployment activities begin. Building on earlier reactor work The new arrangement expands a relationship formed through the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Concepts 2020 program. The laboratory’s nuclear infrastructure includes the Advanced Test Reactor, the Transient Reactor Test Facility, and the Materials and Fuels Complex. A successful first deployment could also strengthen the country’s advanced nuclear export position.