The future of nuclear
will be boring
At Deep Fission, we’re pioneering a bold new approach to delivering clean, reliable, and affordable electricity by placing our scalable 15 MW small modular reactors (SMRs) one mile underground.
The growing global demand for clean energy, accelerated by the AI boom, is challenged by power outages, climate change, and a slow transition away from fossil fuels and coal. The result has been unprecedented public support of nuclear energy – a clean source of electricity without the carbon footprint.
Unfortunately, surface-level nuclear power plants often face unforeseen construction costs and delays due to a majority of the budget addressing containment and safety issues.
At Deep Fission, our technology team realized that by taking existing PWR technology and placing it down 30-inch boreholes a mile underground, our customers will benefit from the natural containment and safety features a mile of rock atop our small modular reactor (SMR) can provide naturally. By removing surface construction costs dramatically without sacrificing safety, we also cut the timeline to an operational power plant significantly.
Low-Cost Nuclear Energy
A Mile Underground
Benefits of Our Solution Include
Stable
Reliable
Affordable
Secure
Clean
Greater depth, lower risk:
Going a mile underground
removes key barriers
Natural containment
below ground
“Free” pressure underground
(160 atmospheres , 2250 psi)
No cost / safety
trade-offs
Protected from
natural disasters
Miniscule risk
of proliferation
Lower likelihood of
costly accidents
Deep Fission uses standardized pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology in a unique location deep underground. The design is a modular nuclear microreactor (each unit is 15 Megawatts-electric) that can be placed at a depth of 1 mile in a 30-inch borehole.
Customers
Discover innovative energy solutions for a variety of customers including utilities, data centers, heavy industry, the military and government.
About Us
With over forty-years of collective experience in theoretical physics, nuclear and drilling technologies, our team and advisory board include nuclear engineers, physicists, geologists, and nobel laureates.
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