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TerraPower begins construction on Natrium power plant in Kemmerer
Construction has officially begun on TerraPower’s first Natrium power plant, in Kemmerer, Wyo. The company expects this demonstration facility—featuring a 345-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with an integrated molten salt–based heat storage system, which can temporarily boost power output to 500 MWe—to become the first “utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant” in the United States.
October 18, 2022|1:30–2:45PM (2:30–3:45PM EDT)
Available to All Users
Join the ANS Young Members Group to celebrate Nuclear Science Week with a virtual event about Nuclear Entrepreneurship. We hear a lot about investing in disruptive technologies, IPOs and even unicorns, but what does entrepreneurship look like in the nuclear space?
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