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TerraPower selected Kemmerer, Wyoming as the site for a 345 MWe Natrium reactor using a molten salt energy storage system. The reactor can temporarily boost output to 500 MWe, enabling the plant to integrate with renewable resources. [9] In June 2024 the site broke ground, beginning preparation for the as-yet unapproved reactor. [10]
He offered information about the company’s next-generation nuclear power plant, called Natrium, which is slated to become operational in 2030. ... “So, we’ll be around in Wyoming for the ...
A sodium-cooled fast reactor is a fast neutron reactor cooled by liquid sodium. The initials SFR in particular refer to two Generation IV reactor proposals, one based on existing liquid metal cooled reactor (LMFR) technology using mixed oxide fuel (MOX), and one based on the metal-fueled integral fast reactor .
Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower will build its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, a southwestern Wyoming city of 2,600 where the coal-fired Naughton power plant operated by PacifiCorp subsidiary ...
In June 2021, Terrapower and Pacificorp announced their intention to advance a novel reactor demonstration project at the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming. [4] On 16 November 2021, Pacificorp announced the selection of the Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming for the Natrium Demonstration Project. [5]
TerraPower's Natrium plant will be built in Kemmerer, a remote western Wyoming town where the Naughton coal plant is due to shut in 2025. ... An advanced nuclear power venture founded by ...
Gates’ nuclear reactor company signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE’s state ... TerraPower has plans to transform a coal plant in Wyoming into its first Natrium-powered nuclear ...
In 2021 Terrapower instead announced that its first Natrium reactor would be built in Wyoming. [24] In 2023 X-energy announced continued development of up to 12 reactors at the Hanford site. [25] In October 2024 Amazon has signed an agreement to pay for the initial feasibility phase to further develop the X-energy modular reactors near this site.