Posted on 06/03/2021 8:14:38 PM PDT by RandFan
A next-generation nuclear power reactor that could bolster the nation’s transition to low-carbon energy will be built on the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) on Wednesday announced the state will house a Natrium reactor pilot project in partnership with nuclear reactor design company TerraPower, power company PacifiCorp and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
TerraPower was founded by Bill Gates about 15 years ago, and PacifiCorp is owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.
The project will feature a sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system capable of producing 345 megawatts of power. TerraPower says the storage technology could boost the system’s output to 500 megawatts of power for more than five-and-a-half hours when needed, enough energy to power about 400,000 homes.
TerraPower says the Natrium technology is more fuel efficient, cost effective and safer than traditional nuclear reactors and could supplement existing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
“We think Natrium will be a game-changer for the energy industry,” Gates said during a news conference Wednesday.
“Wyoming has been a leader in energy for over a century and we hope our investment in Natrium will help Wyoming to stay in the lead for many decades to come,” Gates said.
The exact location of the Natrium demonstration plant will be announced by the end of the year. TerraPower’s CEO Chris Levesque said the plant would take about seven years to build, according to Reuters.
“Together with PacifiCorp, we’re creating the energy grid of the future where advanced nuclear technologies provide good-paying jobs and clean energy for years to come,” Levesque said.
“The Natrium technology was designed to solve a challenge utilities face as they work to enhance grid reliability and stability while meeting decarbonization and emissions-reduction goals,” he said.
Wyoming’s governor said the nuclear plant would provide on-demand energy and significantly cut carbon emissions, as well as create hundreds of jobs in the state.
Wyoming is the nation’s top coal-producing state.
This is a technology that NASA wants to use on Mars.
Gates/Buffet want to try and win over Red staters with salt nuke jobs.
It’s liberals using money to try and outflank traditional energy sector plays, using unproven tech.
Notice how it isn’t being built in Nebraska?
“One county in Wyoming has enough coal energy to fuel America for over 200 years.” - Very smart geologist friend.
It should be moved to the facility in Idaho.
supplement wind and solar? what?
I’m thinking the both of them are under the impression they
died and came back as god.
May be off base a bit with Buffet, but I’m fairly sure I’ve
pegged it right with the other buffoon.
I don't like Gates, but this may be the only thing he does that is for the good of mankind.
I wonder if he can still work on this project from a prison cell?
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Natrium —> Sodium
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I’ve started to get through this documentary recommended by Travis McGee about Bill Gates:
It’s very good. Bookmark.
Utah has quite a bit as well.
Why not build this in Idaho at a National Lab?
Bill and Warren both have SHTF getaway compounds in New Zealand where they plan on riding out the Great Reset.
Are these the small bunker sized devices that they have been
talking about for the last five years or so?
Whether it’s a good idea or not, it doesn’t really matter. What
matters is how effectively ANTIFA and BLM can manipulate
the public by demonizing them.
Then vandalization becomes common.
Good luck with that.
I actually think they are a smart idea, but I do have to fall
back on the Bill Gates involvement.
I used to have quite a bit of respect for him, but that has
vanished for me. If he’s just underwriting a portion, I
should probably take a couple of midol and chill out.
LOL
I get a kick out of those memes where the old Windows
shutdown music plays as something other than a computer
crashes.
This seems like prime territory for something like that.
Thanks RandFan. I’ll check it out.
I don’t give a damn who is doing it, this technology has excellent potential and if our DOE didn’t have it’s head up it’s Fauci it would have been done long ago.
Most of the AGW alarmists are adamantly opposed to nuke power. At least these two are not in that camp.
When sodium gets in contact with water it explodes.
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