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TerraPower's Natrium: A Fast Neutron Reactor with Built-In Grid Level Storage
Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor (LWR) type, which use water for neutron moderation into thermal neutrons as well as neutron capture. While straigh…
Natrium reactors could thus run on the spent fuel stored in cooling pools at LWRs around the country and only produce small amounts of short-lived waste. This leads TerraPower to advertise Natrium as the ideal firm power compliment to a grid with a lot of variable renewable energy (VRE) like solar and wind. Posted in Engineering, Featured, green hacks, Science, Slider Tagged fast reactor, Natrium, nuclear power, sodium coolant, TerraPower
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