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>However, the type of uranium fuel those reactors use is not going to cut it for the advanced reactors expected to go on line in the coming years If you're lik
by scythe 3y ago
>However, the type of uranium fuel those reactors use is not going to cut it for the advanced reactors expected to go on line in the coming years
If you're like me, you read this sentence and thought: "hey, wasn't that canceled last week?"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38199061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38199061
But apparently that was NuScale's reactor that was canceled, while TerraPower is still going, which may have something to do with the exceptional wealth of its founder:
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/bill-gates-future-nuclear-energy-ai/story?id=99160110 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/bill-gates-future-nuclear-...
And they seem to have found a way to get even more billionaire bucks:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/bill-gates-warren-buffett-new-nuclear-reactor-wyoming-natrium https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/bill-gates-w...
There's a "hero we deserve" meme hiding in here somewhere...