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Bill Gates new nuclear power plant design is being built in Wyoming. These things are small and cheap. “ The project features a 345 megawatt sodium-cooled fas
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Bill Gates new nuclear power plant design is being built in Wyoming.
These things are small and cheap.
“ The project features a 345 megawatt sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage that could boost the system's power output to 500 MW during peak power demand. TerraPower said last year that the plants would cost about $1 billion.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/utility-small-nuclear-reactor-firm-select-wyoming-next-us-site-2021-06-02/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/utility-small-nuclea...
- cletus 5y agoI, for one, welcome newer and better reactor designs. This doesn't solve the significant issues of fuel enrichment and waste storage and disposal however and we need a much better story for those before fission power has any kind of future (IMHO).