Affordable clean energy through American nuclear leadership

It starts with EAGL-1

FANCO is focused on delivering safe, reliable, utility-scale power to data centers, manufacturing facilities, military bases, communities, and countries at a cost competitive with other power sources.

EAGL-1 is a liquid metal fast-spectrum small modular reactor (SMR) and the only reactor of any kind in the U.S. that uses lead-bismuth cooling technology.

Each EAGL-1 unit produces 240 megawatts electric (MWe) and 600 megawatts thermal (MWt).

A standard six-reactor cluster can power approximately 1.5 million homes, with a 10-times smaller footprint than sites with similar power outputs.

 

The coolant is the key

Only a small number of people in the U.S. have the technical and operational expertise to commercialize a lead-bismuth cooled reactor. Nearly all of them work at FANCO.

Lead-bismuth operates at low pressure and does not react violently with air or water, eliminating the need for high-pressure systems, large containment structures, and costly intermediate loops.

The result is a simpler, more compact reactor design with fewer components and reduced complexity.

The properties of lead-bismuth enable the use of commercially available, off-the-shelf equipment, rather than custom-engineered parts.

A deployment system built around customer needs and real‑world constraints

FANCO brings utilities, regulators, and major power users together early, so projects are aligned before construction begins. That means fewer redesigns, faster approvals, and more predictable costs from day one.

1

Reliable power, when and where it’s needed 

EAGL-1 delivers constant, carbon-free power to the grid and to on-site customers like data centers and manufacturers.  

2

Built for approval and designed to compete 

Structured to work within regulated utility models and perform in competitive markets, with clear economics and strong rate-case defensibility.  

3

Smaller builds, less risk 

Factory-built and modular, EAGL-1 can be deployed in phases instead of one large, upfront investment. This reduces capital concentration and gives customers flexibility to scale over time.  

4

More places to build 

A compact footprint and standardized design expand where nuclear can be deployed, including repowering retired sites.  

5

Future closed-fuel cycle compatibility  

Built to support on-site fuel recycling, eliminating 95% of long-lasting nuclear waste.

De-risked with 
BRIDGE POWER™

Only FANCO can deliver gas-fueled power in the short term to bridge the gap to full nuclear energy delivery, with minimal equipment and modification costs.

Off-the-shelf package boilers feed steam turbines to generate immediate power. EAGL-1 then replaces the package boilers to feed the same steam turbine for seamless transitioning to nuclear.

BRIDGE POWER can use natural gas and other alternative forms of fuel. It may also remain onsite after transitioning to provide backup power during EAGL-1 refueling and maintenance.

Flexible fuel strategy

EAGL-1 is designed to use multiple fuel types, making it secure and cost-effective in any supply chain.

Although it’s a fast-spectrum advanced reactor, EAGL-1 can operate on uranium oxide (UO2), which is the cost-effective and ubiquitous fuel form used by most traditional reactors today.

It also operates with mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, transuranic (TRU) fuels, recycled uranium, as well as fuels derived from existing stockpiles of material that would otherwise remain long‑term waste.

Other advanced reactors use tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) or metallic fuels, which require substantial R&D and first-of-a-kind fabrication facilities.

Putting nuclear “waste” to work

Today, the U.S. stores about 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel as “waste.” However, this material still contains about 95% of its energy.

EAGL-1 is designed to keep using that fuel.

In a closed-fuel cycle, “waste” is fuel 

As a fast-spectrum reactor, EAGL-1 operates in a “closed-fuel cycle,” keeping fuel in use by reprocessing and reusing it on-site, turning what would be waste into a continuous source of clean energy.

By extracting far more energy from the same fuel, EAGL-1 leaves behind a much smaller amount of material. What remains decays in a few hundred years, not tens of thousands.

Instead of paying indefinitely to store spent fuel, it can be reused to generate additional power, transforming an ongoing expense into a long-term resource.

A path to renewable 

EAGL-1 can also be configured to create more fuel than it consumes, setting the stage for nuclear energy to be deemed not only clean, but renewable.