NUCLEAR ALTERNATIVE PROJECT

The Nuclear Alternative Project (NAP) is a non-profit that brings together Puerto Rican engineers from across the U.S. nuclear industry under one mission - to study and educate about advanced reactors for Puerto Rico. NAP is composed of reactor operators, designers, consultants, all working in the U.S. nuclear industry, born and raised in Puerto Rico, and giving their skills to pave the way for a strong and modern Puerto Rico... ​In 2017, Eddie Guerra presented the idea of SMRs for Puerto Rico to the U.S. Department of Commerce Civil Infrastructure Nuclear Trading Advisory Committee (CINTAC). The members of CINTAC published a Position Paper encouraging local leadership to evaluate such option. In 2018, the Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, Hon. Gabriel Rodriguez Aguiló, passed a Resolution to study the feasibility and alternative of SMRs and Microreactors in Puerto Rico. Subsequently, in 2019, the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) awarded NAP a..