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Natrium reactor demonstration project slated for Wyoming

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TerraPower and PacifiCorp announced efforts to advance a Natrium reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming. The Natrium technology has a 345MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt-based integrated energy storage system that will provide clean, flexible energy and stability for the grid.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the nuclear energy firm TerraPower plans to retrofit an existing coal plant with a sodium fast reactor. If Wyoming will be the first, there are signs that it won’t be the last. In Kemmerer, Wyo., Even so, it hasn’t attained regulatory approval just yet.

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