Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) has completed installation of a Stage 1 Training Simulator at TerraPower's Natrium nuclear facility in Kemmerer, Wyoming, according to a company press release.

The full-scope simulator is designed to replicate plant equipment and simulate system conditions and operations to support operator training and licensing. It is built on Curtiss-Wright's 3KEYMASTER simulation software, described as a real-time simulation and analysis platform used in nuclear, power, and process facilities.

"Curtiss-Wright is pleased to announce the successful development and installation of the Natrium Training Simulator at the Kemmerer site," said Lynn M. Bamford, Chair and CEO of Curtiss-Wright. "This is a key milestone in our collaboration with TerraPower."

George Piccard, Vice President of Plant Operations at TerraPower, said the simulator is intended to prepare operators "long before the plant comes online."

Under separate previously awarded contracts, Curtiss-Wright will also develop the Distributed Control Systems and Reactor Protection System for the Natrium plant.

The Natrium plant design features a 345-megawatt sodium-cooled fast reactor paired with a molten salt-based energy storage system capable of boosting output to 500 megawatts during peak demand periods. Kemmerer Unit 1 is described as expected to be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant.

Curtiss-Wright performed the work within its Nuclear Division in the Naval & Power segment.