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So you wouldn't define pre-release tech startups as commercial? Ok. They have investors who hope for profits, call them what you like. None of these projects a
by DennisP 5y ago
So you wouldn't define pre-release tech startups as commercial? Ok. They have investors who hope for profits, call them what you like.
None of these projects are LFTRs. They're generally uranium-fueled, which retains the safety and cost advantages of MSRs without the radioactive chemical engineering of LFTRs.
Terrestrial Energy, to take one example, has been doing well with regulators in Canada, and plans to operate a 390MW plant in 2028: https://www.powermag.com/terrestrial-energy-launches-390-mw-molten-salt-nuclear-reactor-design/ https://www.powermag.com/terrestrial-energy-launches-390-mw-...
So yes, years away, but not that many years.
- adamsmith143 5y agoWell forgive the pessimism but these claims feel awfully like "Fusion is just 30 years away" which people have been saying for 50 years.