Full Speed Ahead: TerraPower Can Officially Move Forward With Nuclear Plant

Full Speed Ahead: TerraPower Can Officially Move Forward With Nuclear Plant

TerraPower officially received a construction permit Monday for its first-of-a-kind Natrium reactor in Kemmerer. “This demonstrates advanced nuclear technology is moving from concept to commercialization," the CEO said of the Bill Gates-backed project.

TerraPower gets permit to build first Natrium plant

TerraPower has cleared an important regulatory hurdle for its first commercial Natrium deployment in Wyoming, after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission authorised staff to issue a construction permit for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1. The decision matters well beyond one site: it is the first commercial reactor construction approval in the US in nearly a […] The post TerraPower gets permit to build first Natrium plant appeared first on eeNews E…

Bill Gates Company Approved to Build Nuclear Power Station

The US has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor to begin construction - the first such approval for a US reactor in a decade.

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Gets Green Light to Build First U.S. Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear technology company TerraPower announced that it has received a construction permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a commercial-scale advanced nuclear reactor utilizing the company’s Natrium technology. This announcement marks the first-ever construction permit issued by the NRC for a commercial-scale advanced nuclear power plant, according to the company. TerraPower President and […]