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In October 2010, the South Texas Project announced that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had entered into an agreement with Nuclear Innovation North America (a joint venture between the reactor manufacturer, Toshiba, and plant partner NRG Energy) which was the largest of the two stakeholders in the proposed reactors, to purchase an ...
A sample of thorium. Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium.A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle [Note 1] —including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced ...
Performing research and testing to qualify the TRISO LEU fuel for GEN-IV reactors in the US. Exploring the use of proliferation-resistant fuels in the US, including thorium-based and other advanced fuel cycle concepts. Performing basic and applied research using the enhanced capabilities offered by a "Generation IV" type nuclear reactor system.
Plutonium production reactors Name Location Reactor type Purpose Status Capacity (MWth) Construction start date Operation date Closure Operator and owner B-Reactor: Hanford Site: Graphite Pile: Production of Plutonium-239 for weapons: Preserved as a museum: Manhattan Project: F-Reactor [58] Hanford Site: Graphite Pile: Production of Plutonium ...
"These reactors that we have now are not your granddaddy's 'Three Mile Island reactors,'" Texas A&M system Chancellor John Sharp told the American-Statesman, referring to the 1979 partial meltdown ...
Thorium resources are the estimated mineral reserves of thorium on Earth. Thorium is a future potential source of low-carbon energy. [1] Thorium has been demonstrated to perform as a nuclear fuel in several reactor designs. [2] [3] It is present with a higher abundance than uranium in the crust of the earth. Thorium resources have not been ...
Texas electricity generation by type, 2001-2024. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh. [2]
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