NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) has awarded a contract to Paragon, a subsidiary of Mirion Technologies, to complete final design development of Paragon's Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS) for the NuScale Power Module.

Under the contract, Paragon will complete non-recurring engineering and design work for three instrumentation and control systems: the Module Protection System, a nuclear safety-related reactor protection system; the Safety Data Interface System, a post-accident monitoring system; and the Plant Protection System, which handles control room habitability functions. The contract also includes Independent Verification and Validation services for software development.

NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) design is the first to receive approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The company already has certain components of 12 power modules in production. Each NuScale Power Module is capable of generating up to 77 megawatts of electricity, with plants designed to support up to 12 modules per common control room.

"Paragon 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," said John Hopkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of NuScale Power.

"This contract represents 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's protection systems," said Doug VanTassell, President and CEO of Paragon.

The HIPS platform received NRC Safety Evaluation Report approval of its topical report in 2017, co-developed with NuScale. The information in this article is based on a press release issued by NuScale Power.