No doubt there is more to the story in the url below, but I was encouraged by this development:
"For the first time in more than 50 years the US granted permission for a new type of nuclear reactor, a sign regulators are becoming more open to different approaches to producing power from splitting the atom."
What is unique about this new reactor design, it appears, is the cooling technology:
"California startup Kairos Power received a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build its Hermes demonstration reactor in Tennessee. While commercial reactors in use today are cooled by water, the Kairos technology uses molten fluoride salt as a coolant."
As I have noted previously (see Strategic CSR – Nuclear), there are a lot of misconceptions about nuclear energy (and subsequent resistance among environmental activists), but I have not seen any realistic future projection of sustainable energy use (and rapid transition away from fossil fuels) that does not draw on at least some nuclear energy.
Take care
David
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US Approves New Kind of Nuclear Reactor for First Time in 50 Years
By Will Wade
December 13, 2023
Bloomberg
