TerraPower, LLC traveling wave reactor development program overview. In: Proceedings of ICAPP 2013, Jeju Island, Korea.Hejzlar P, Petroski R, Cheatham J, Touran N, Cohen M, Truong B, et al. Terra- Power, LLC traveling wave reactor development program overview. Nucl Eng Technol 2013;45(6)...
TerraPower is making significant progress in development of itstraveling wave reactor that it plans to build in China and a moltenchloride reactor design, according to senior company officials."We plan to have the TWR-300 [traveling wave demonstrationreactor] online in the mid-2020s," TerraPower ...
Main technical features of traveling wave reactor can be characterized as a reactor operation without refueling up to the reactor life more than 60 years and TWR utilizes depleted uranium which would be produced from the enrichment process as a byproduct. Enriched fuel is only loaded to an ...
Traveling-wave reactor (TWR) technology, being developed by TerraPower, LLC, represents a potential solution to these limitations by offering a nuclear energy resource which is truly sustainable at full global scale for the indefinite future and is deployable in the near-term. TWRs are capable of...
The ultimate advantages of the TWR are realized when the reload fuel is depleted uranium, where after the startup period, no enrichment facilities are needed to sustain the first reactor and a chain of successor reactors. TerraPower's conceptual and engineering design and associated technology ...
The article reports on the new Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) developed by TerraPower which produces zero greenhouse gas emissions, creates lesser nuclear wastes than conventional nuclear reactors and minimizes the risks of nuclear proliferation. It also reports Bill Gates investing millions of dollars of...
TerraPower Traveling Wave Reactor-Prototype (TWR-P) provides the potential to properly address depleted uranium waste problems through an improved uranium utilization system. Despite all the economic and environmental benefits, the concept is shrouded with criticism against its use of sodium as the ...
Traveling wave reactor (TWRSustainabilityScalableCarbon-freeLow-carbonEnergy security, reducing air pollution, and carbon emissions are topics of high importance to many countries throughout the world, particularly in Asia where energy use is expected to grow at 3.7 % p...
Sensitivities and uncertainties of sodium-cooled Traveling Wave Reactors (TWRs) due to nuclear data are computed to quantify confidence in the reactor models used to inform design decisions, and to identify key nuclides and reactions for these reactors. A new module within the TerraPower ARMI code ...
China National Nuclear Corp. established a joint venture September 30 with TerraPower, an advanced reactor company funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, to develop traveling wave reactor, or TWR, technology, CNNC said in a statement October 1.Hua WenNucleonics Week...