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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Ah, the never-ending nuclear delusion. Almost as bad as the cold fusion one. Don't get me wrong, I think it is the way to go, but for whatever reason it seems like it will never happen.
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Yeah it kinda has gone that was for a long time but bigger news is happening with more.frequency from more than one company. The sector is really starting to heat up (pardon the pun).
A Swedish firm, LeadCold, who is licensing it's design through the Canadian regulator has a micro unit that will kick out 3 -10 MWe and is intended for remote arctic or island type use. Meant to displace diesel generators. They just announced another 200 Million USD in funding from an early investor who already put in 20MM.
Bill Gates' TERRAPOWER announced a liquid chloride design to be developed in parallel with its travelling wave reactor and they are working tight with the Chinese government.
NuScale finally put its design in front of the NRC for license review. HUGE milestone.
My company's US subsidiary Terrestrial Energy announced its timeline to submit our license application to the NRC (2019), we have already initiated the process in Canada. Several sites approached us about hosting FOAK. None of those sites will you find in Alberta, but you will find one just a few hours to the south in Idaho.
But the big surprising news for me was US Congress passing a bill supporting what they are calling "
unconventional nuclear power".
It would've been shocking to see ONE of these headlines even 2 or 3 years ago.
Locke, I hear ya. All very unfounded claims, and trust me I feel as dejected about this happening in Alberta as anyone but I keep pushing none the less.