Overview
- Ampera cut the ribbon on a global headquarters and manufacturing campus in Palm Beach Gardens, unveiling a next‑generation microreactor program to local leaders and guests.
- The company is developing compact, mobile reactors that run on thorium rather than enriched uranium, which it says deliver energy‑dense power without refueling over their service life.
- Ampera says its design uses TRISO fuel particles—tiny uranium kernels sealed in ceramic shells—and a hybrid fusion–fission setup to keep the system subcritical for safety.
- The startup reports it has entered early engagement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is targeting initial production by the end of the decade.
- The firm has hired about 100 people to start, plans to scale to roughly 2,500 jobs and up to 150 units a year, and is pitching early use to AI data centers, defense sites, and maritime customers.