TerraPower on Tuesday received permit approval for construction to begin on its ... John Curtis) has supported our efforts to go and fuel a new reactor design, which is our 1-megawatt reactor, " the ...
The Natrium microreactor is a 345MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with an integrated energy storage system. According to Terra, the storage technology can boost the system output to 500MW for more than ...
TerraPower said the Natrium technology is the only advanced nuclear technology with a construction permit application for a commercial reactor pending with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
TerraPower is now also supported by the US Department of Energy, which gave the company an $80 million grant in October 2020 as part of its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project program.
The hunger for electricity in data centers knows no bounds. One of the US data center operators now wants to use mini-nuclear power plants from Terrapower. Ex-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates' nuclear ...