{"id":876547,"date":"2026-06-18T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/876547\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:34:40","slug":"fort-worths-paragon-to-perform-final-design-work-supporting-nuscales-small-modular-reactor-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/876547\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth’s Paragon To Perform Final Design Work Supporting NuScale’s Small Modular Reactor \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rendering of a NuScale Power nuclear power plant [Image: NuScale]<\/p>\n

Paragon Energy Solutions\u2014a Fort Worth-based Mirion Technologies company that provides safety-related products and components for the nuclear industry\u2014has been awarded a contract by Oregon-based NuScale Power, a leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, to complete final design development of Paragon\u2019s Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS) for the NuScale Power Module. <\/strong><\/p>\n

NuScale has \u201cthe first and only SMR design\u201d currently approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the company said.<\/p>\n

The award marks a significant milestone, as NuScale already has components of 12 power modules in production. NuScale said it expects that nuclear plants deploying NPMs will feature one common control room to support up to 12 NuScale Power Modules, each capable of generating up to 77 megawatts of clean, carbon-free power.<\/p>\n

Paragon President and CEO Doug Van Tassell said the contract \u201crepresents the culmination of years of collaboration between Paragon and NuScale, and we are proud that our HIPS platform is at the heart of the NPM\u2019s protection systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work we\u2019re doing on MPS, SDIS, and PPS is foundational to bringing the first SMR of its kind into operation,\u201d he added in a statement, \u201cand there is no greater validation of our technology than being entrusted with the safety-critical systems of the most significant new reactor design in a generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

News of the new contract follows an earlier partnership between the two companies\u2014and a nine-figure acquisition of Paragon.<\/p>\n

In June 2025, Paragon partnered with NuScale<\/a> to supply its CoreVision Neutron Monitoring System technology and its Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS). Last September, Paragon was acquired by Atlanta-based Mirion in an all-cash $585 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018A valuable technology partner\u2019<\/p>\n

Under the new contract, Paragon will complete the non-recurring engineering and design deliverables for three critical instrumentation and control systems built on the HIPS platform. Per the company:<\/p>\n

:: The Module Protection System is a nuclear safety-related reactor protection system that safeguards each individual NPM.<\/p>\n

:: The Safety Data Interface System (SDIS) is an augmented quality, post-accident monitoring system that provides operators with essential plant data in the event of an incident.<\/p>\n

:: The Plant Protection System is a non-safety-related system responsible for control room habitability functions such as HVAC.<\/p>\n

The contract also includes Independent Verification and Validation services for MPS development, an important step in qualifying safety-critical software for nuclear applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cParagon has been a valuable technology partner in the development of the HIPS technology, advancing the digital instrumentation and control systems that are essential to safe and reliable plant operations,\u201d said John Hopkins, NuScale Power\u2019s president and CEO. \u201cThis partnership helps us to achieve the goal of delivering reliable, carbon-free power to our customers while ensuring the highest level of safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paragon said it designed HIPS to meet today\u2019s cybersecurity requirements and the complexity of next-gen reactor designs. The platform delivers analog-like reliability while incorporating modern diagnostics that reduce maintenance costs, and its architecture can be configured from a single channel up to a full four-division Reactor Protection System.<\/p>\n

HIPS also utilizes Model-Based Design to integrate system behavior and design documentation into a single environment, streamlining development and regulatory review, the company said\u2014including NRC Safety Evaluation Report (SER) approval of its topical report in 2017, co-developed with NuScale.<\/p>\n

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