Generation m-Power design (180 MWe per module) has developed its integrated systems test (IST) facility in Bedford County, Virginia, representing a scaled prototype of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) m-Power reactor. All of the technical features of the B&W m-Power LW-SMR are included in the IST with the heat source being electricity versus nuclear. The overall objective of the IST is to conduct a three-year

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testing program to collect data to verify the reactor design and safety performance, supporting B&W’s licensing activities with the NRC. More specifically, the IST will provide data and information on the integrated system performance but also the steam generator and other key components, evaluation model development, control and protection systems development, and operating procedures and training development. Table 14.7 presents some of the key IST testing features [16].