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> U.S. Reenters the #NuclearFuel Game

> #HALEU is needed instead for reactors with more creative coolants and fuels, which are trying to achieve very compact core sizes. These include #Bellevue, #Washington–based #TerraPower’s #sodiumCooled #fastReactor, #Rockville, #Maryland –based #Xenergy’s #highTemperature gas reactor, and #Alameda, #California–based #KairosPower’s #fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature #reactor.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-power-plant-2666199640

#nuclear #electricity #nuclearEnergy #energy

TerraPower’s Natrium: Combining A Fast Neutron Reactor With Built-In Grid Level Storage - Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/06/terrapowers-natrium-combining-a-fast-neutron-reactor-with-built-in-grid-level-storage/ #sodiumcoolant #nuclearpower #engineering #fastreactor #greenhacks #terrapower #featured #science #natrium