Summary
The Department of Energy, via Triad National Security, LLC — the management and operating contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory — has issued Special Notice S-133676 offering a technology licensing opportunity for its Advanced Metal Hydride Microreactor Platform. The platform combines a proprietary crack-free hydride fabrication method, a thermally-isolating heat-pipe moderator design, and a complete microreactor core architecture using qualified nuclear materials, enabling up to 50% fuel mass reduction and simplified reactor designs for defense, space, off-grid, and industrial heat applications. Expressions of interest are due by July 17, 2026, and the notice explicitly states it is not a request for external services for the development of this technology.