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Southern Company, TerraPower and Core Power have started pumped-salt operations in the Integrated Effects Test (IET) facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The IET will be used in the development of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Operations-begin-at-US-chloride-salt-test-system
Southern Company and TerraPower have completed construction and installation of a new test facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The Integrated Effects Test will be used in the development of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/World-s-largest-chloride-salt-system-in-place
Gates said it is “a necessary, worthy and surmountable challenge to correct the naysayers”.
He said the need for clean energy is dire and the operation of nuclear power plants produces no greenhouse gas emissions. Innovations in nuclear technology are making nuclear energy safer and more affordable, and countries around the world are starting to adopt nuclear power, Gates said.
“Nuclear is actually safer than any other source of [power] generation,” Gates said. “You know, coal plants, coal particulate, natural gas pipelines blowing up. The deaths per unit of power on these other approaches are far higher.”
“There’s a new generation [of nuclear power] that solves the economics, which has been the big, big problem,” he said, referring to the fact that the power plants are very expensive to build. “At the same time, it revolutionises the safety.”
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 27 February 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/we-need-to-correct-the-naysayers-on-nuclear-2-5-2021
The move is part of the TerraPower-led proposal for the US Department of Energy’s advanced reactor demonstration programme, which is intended to support the deployment of two first-of-a-kind advanced reactor designs in the next five to seven years.
Bechtel joins a team that also includes GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, PacifiCorp, Energy Northwest, and Duke Energy.
The Natrium system, unveiled in August, features an advanced, sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy storage system based on those used in solar thermal generation.
According to TerraPower, the result is a design that is affordable and capable of adapting to changes in daily electricity demands driven by solar and wind energy fluctuations. The Natrium technology also separates nuclear and non-nuclear facilities and systems within the plant footprint, simplifying the licensing process and lowering construction costs.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-founded-by-bill-gates-to-work-with-bechtel-on-natrium-reactor-project-10-2-2020
US-based TerraPower has named Bechtel as its plant design, licensing, procurement, and construction partner in a federal grant application to build a demonstration plant for the Natrium™ reactor and energy system architecture. Bechtel joins a team that also includes GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, PacifiCorp, Energy Northwest, and Duke Energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrapower-names-bechtel-as-construction-partner-for-natrium-reactor-8177026