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TerraPower of the USA and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR) have agreed to expand their existing memorandum of understanding, signed in January 2022, on the development of sodium-cooled fast reactors.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TerraPower-expands-cooperation-with-Japan-on-fast
TerraPower and PacifiCorp are looking into the feasibility of deploying up to five additional Natrium reactors and integrated energy storage systems in PacifiCorp's service territory by 2035. This is in addition to their previously announced plans to build the Natrium demonstration plant at the site of a retiring PacifiCorp coal-fuelled plant in Wyoming.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-companies-look-to-expand-Natrium-reactor-deploy
SK Inc and SK Innovation - both affiliates of SK Group, Korea's second-largest conglomerate - have invested USD250 million in US nuclear innovation company TerraPower. The investment by SK is part of the latest private capital fundraise, which has raised at least USD750 million of investment in TerraPower.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Koreas-SK-Group-invests-in-TerraPower
The State of Wyoming has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Batelle Energy Alliance, the operating contractor of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to collaborate in the research, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced energy technologies with a special focus on advanced nuclear.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Wyoming,-INL-sign-MoU-on-advanced-nuclear-developm
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI), and Mitsubishi FBR Systems Co Ltd (MFBR) have and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based Terrapower on development of sodium-cooled fast reactor technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjaea-to-co-operate-with-mhi-and-terrapower-on-fast-reactor-development-9448747
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) is marking thirty years of cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site to ensure the protection and safety of the underlying Snake River Plain aquifer in compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Three-decades-of-cleanup-work-marked-at-US-legacy
US-based reactor developer TerraPower said it had chosen the Kemmerer location, near the Naughton power plant about 100 km northeast of Salt Lake City, following an extensive evaluation process and meetings with community members and leaders. It said the new plant could be in operation by 2028.
The project team evaluated a variety of factors when selecting the site of the Naughton power plant, where the remaining two coal units are scheduled to retire in 2025. Factors included community support, the physical characteristics of the site, the ability of the site to obtain a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, access to existing infrastructure, and the needs of the grid. Kemmerer, a city with a population of about 2,600, was one of four sites in the running.
According to project estimates, approximately 2,000 workers will be needed for construction at the project’s peak. Once the plant is operational, 250 people will support day-to-day activities, including plant security.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bill-gates-terrapower-to-build-first-natrium-reactor-at-wyoming-coal-site-11-3-2021
Kemmerer in Wyoming has been selected as the preferred site for the Natrium nuclear power plant demonstration project, TerraPower has announced. The location is near the coal-fired Naughton power plant, which is due to retire in 2025, and was chosen after an extensive evaluation process and meetings with community members and leaders.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Wyoming-site-chosen-for-Natrium-plant
US company Kairos Power has submitted the preliminary safety analysis report (PSAR) for its fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as part of its application for a construction permit for the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, which is to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kairos-submits-PSAR-for-Oak-Ridge-demonstration-re
It's hard to imagine a future where we can decarbonise our power grid affordably without using more nuclear power, Bill Gates told participants in the Nuclear Energy Assembly, held this week as a virtual event by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). The text of his keynote speech on 9 June is as follows.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 11 June 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Why-I-invest-in-nuclear-innovation