GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower on 21 January announced a collaboration to pursue a Public Private Partnership to design and construct the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). The two companies recently submitted a joint response to an Expression of Interest issued by the Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) on behalf of DOE which seeks stakeholders interested in forming a partnership for a cost sharing arrangement to design and construct the VTR using sodium fast reactor technology.

• United States
• United States Department of Energy
• Argonne National Laboratory
• GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)
• TerraPower

Source: NEI Magazine

Date: Friday, 24 January 2020

Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeh-and-terrapower-to-collaborate-on-us-vtr-development-7653716

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