B&W 1ST facility

The B&W mPower IST facility located in Bedford County, Virginia, USA, includes a scaled prototype of the B&W mPower reactor. All of the technical features of the B&W mPower integral reactor are included in the IST. The multi-year testing will collect data to verify the reactor design and safety performance and support B&W’s licensing activities with the NRC. The reactor prototype was installed in July 2011 and reached full operating conditions in July 2012 (www. babcock. com/products/ Pages/IST-Facility. aspx).