The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight ...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Wyoming, clearing the way ...
TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming ...
TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval ...
The TerraPower design, which it calls Natrium and has been developed jointly with GE Hitachi, has several novel features.
Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.
The Isfahan facility, suspected of storing a cache of enriched uranium, was smashed during the 12-day campaign last June.
A new Energy Learning Center simulator at Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland will allow students to learn and practice operating an advanced small modular nuclear reactor.