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I read the World Nuclear Association's "Small Reactor Dashboard"[1] (worst dashboard ever: it's 70+ page embedded PDF). There's only one 4th generation nuclear
by nl 4y ago
I read the World Nuclear Association's "Small Reactor Dashboard"[1] (worst dashboard ever: it's 70+ page embedded PDF).
There's only one 4th generation nuclear reactor actually producing power anywhere that I could find on the list, the HTR-PM in China which was connected to the grid in 2022.
Terrapower is one of many companies that have some funding but nothing produced. To quote the Wikipedia link you posted:
> [in 2022] DOE gave TerraPower cost-share funding through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) to test, license and build an advanced reactor within seven years.
Let's see where they are in 7 years...
[1] https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular...
[2] https://www.powermag.com/china-starts-up-first-fourth-generation-nuclear-reactor/ https://www.powermag.com/china-starts-up-first-fourth-genera...