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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Sebastiano Aiello, Enrico De Filippo, Gaetano Lanzanó, Salvatore Lo Nigro, Angelo Pagano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | August 1990 | Pages 115-119
Technical Note | Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29236
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A palladium-deuterium system subject to different experimental thermodynamic conditions was studied to look for low-temperature d-d fusion reactions. Neutrons, light charged particles, and energetic gamma rays were detected. No significant effects were observed in the neutron and gamma-ray measurements. From the analysis of the light charged particles, a fusion rate λf ≈ 10−23 event/(D2 × s) was deduced.
