Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower has selected Kemmerer, Wyo., as the preferred site for its Natrium reactor demonstration project, the company announced yesterday.
TerraPower and ASP Isotopes agree on loan and HALEU supply terms
ASP Isotopes Inc. announced on May 19 that it now has conditional commitments from TerraPower for a loan that could partially finance a new uranium enrichment facility in South Africa. The...
TerraPower’s bid to start energy island construction gets EA/FONSI
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has concluded—with an assist from a Department of Energy environmental assessment released in February—that no environmental impact statement is...
First concrete marks start of safety-related construction for Hermes test reactor
Kairos Power announced this morning that safety-related nuclear construction has begun at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., site where the company is building its Hermes low-power test reactor. Hermes, a...
Oak Ridge’s Isotek dramatically increases world supply of Th-229
Workers with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek have surpassed a significant milestone in the supply of medical radioisotopes, extracting more than 15 grams of rare...
What does the nuclear supply chain need now?
Certainty!As CEO of Paragon, I’m excited by the momentum in our industry. But like every nuclear business leader, I grapple with the challenges of delivering projects on time amid capacity...
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE TerraPower’s Natrium reactor advances on several frontsTerraPower has continued making aggressive...
Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23....
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...
New GE Hitachi “blocks” could cut costs in nuclear deployment
Researchers at GE Hitachi Nuclear recently completed a successful test on potential new building blocks made of steel-concrete composite....
DOE commits to supplying HALEU to five advanced nuclear companies
The Department of Energy has announced its first round of conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to five U.S. nuclear developers. According to the DOE, the delivery...