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Normal Light Water reactors could also use HALEU, which would improve the economics, due to less fuel refueling outages. TerraPower (the one where Bill Gates i
by preisschild 3y ago
Normal Light Water reactors could also use HALEU, which would improve the economics, due to less fuel refueling outages.
TerraPower (the one where Bill Gates is one of the co-founders) is also planning to use HALEU in this decade to fuel their Natrium reactor.
- credit_guy 3y ago> Normal Light Water reactors could also use HALEU, which would improve the economics, due to less fuel refueling outages. Not really. Most reactors in the US produce power about 90% of the time. Reducing the refueling time can increase that to 95%, but that's not going to make a big difference in the profitability of the plant.