“The TRi Energy Partnership could be operating a reactor within seven years, and the project could be scaled up to four-reactor, 320-megawatt power plant.”
Good to know, I’ve previously seen estimates of 20-30 years to get a nuclear reactor in America planned, built, opened.
In Washington...
Earthquakes, subduction zone, huge cold war nuclear Superfund site...
That Washington?
Good news, and while you’re at it build more Tridents.
“...the nation’s first commercial advanced nuclear power reactor.”
“Advanced” is a name applied to many kinds of reactors, such as the old LFR, invented at Los Alamos in 1944, and the new IFR, invented at UC San Diego in 1984.
“We believe we will build hundreds of the Xe-100 reactor in Canada and around the world in the next 20 years,” he said.
Good news. IFR’s should be in every city: totally efficient and safe.
Oh great! One more thing to worry about as I drive to work. I should have stayed in Palm Beach.
Tri-Cities Architect
If the design is sound and has a negative void coefficient and is built within specs, it is a win for the environment and more importantly humans.
The issues arise when we go down this path of having to hire people to run it not based on their skills but other factors like race and gender.
Some jobs like flying planes, wrenching an peoples brains, operating nuke plants, for example, only should be performed by those who are truly qualified. No exceptions. No quotas, no affirmative action hiring.
Tri-Cities airport (TRI) is pretty close to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Pasco, Washington (PSC) appears to be trying to muddy the waters.
The moronic Left wants to switch from oil to nuclear energy for safety. What could go wrong?!
I don’t know what this design is. But if you can’t shut them down and walk away without having them overheat and blow up then they are nothing short of insanity.