From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update October 2023
October 26, 2023, 12:07PMNuclear News
Here is a recap of industry happenings over the past month:
ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE
TerraPower signs contracts to advance Natrium
TerraPower and Centrus Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their collaboration in the development of commercial-scale production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to fuel TerraPower’s Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor, which is designed with a molten salt–based energy storage system. TerraPower is planning its Natrium demonstration project for a site in Kemmerer, Wyo., with a target operational date of 2030. Centrus plans to produce as much as 20 kilograms of fuel by the end of 2023 at its production facility in Piketon, Ohio, and to further scale up production with additional centrifugal cascades.
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