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http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/02/areva-completes-fuel-testing-for-prototype-nuclear-reactor.html AREVA completes fuel testing for nuclear reactor developer TerraPower

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Travelling Wave Reactors – The Ultimate in Nuclear Technology Travelling Wave Reactors – The Ultimate in Nuclear Technology Nuclear power generation in the United States Unites States is the leading producer and supplier of nuclear power in the world. 65 nuclear power plants use 104...

Terrapower traveling wave reactor design changed to be more buildable Terrapower traveling wave reactor design changed to be more buildable A recent design for a nuclear reactor known as a traveling wave reactor looks similar to some conventional nuclear designs, but the way it operates is...

The Trajectory of Everything: Traveling Wave Reactors Traveling Wave Reactors The WSJ has a new article about TerraPower, a start-up that plans to expand nuclear energy with a new reactor design. They claim their traveling wave reactor (TWR) could run for up to 100 years without needing to be...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100323/ts_afp/japannuclearusgatescompanytoshiba_20100323053821 Bill Gates, Toshiba in early talks on nuclear reactor TOKYO (AFP) – A company backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Toshiba are in early talks to jointly develop a small nuclear reactor, the...

http://earth2tech.com/2010/02/15/terrapower-how-the-travelling-wave-nuclear-reactor-works/ TerraPower: How The Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor Works When Microsoft Chairman and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates mentioned TerraPower in his speech at the exclusive tech conference TED...

http://www.emtechindia.in/press/new-reactor/ New Reactor May Make Nuclear Power Safer and Cheaper New Delhi, February 25 A new way of fueling reactors could make nuclear power safer and less expensive as it needs only a small amount of uranium and doesn’t need to be opened from time to time...

MIT: New Reactor Among 10 World Changing Technologies - Nuclear Power Industry News MIT: New Reactor Among 10 World Changing Technologies MIT’s Technology Review Names 10 Emerging Technologies Poised to Reshape Our World - By Linton Levy - The editors of Technology Review, MIT’s magazine of...

Traveling-Wave Reactor means Cheaper, Safer Nuclear Power Clean Nuclear Fission: TR10: Traveling-Wave Reactor FTA: "Enriching the uranium for reactor fuel and opening the reactor periodically to refuel it are among the most cumbersome and expensive steps in running a nuclear plant...

Extending the Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Traveling-Wave Reactors Extending the Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Traveling-Wave Reactors () Nuclear power currently delivers about 17% of humanity’s electricity needs, and its role is likely to expand further in years to come as nations seek to reduce...

A. Coolant pumps B. Expansion area for fission gases C. Fuel (depleted uranium) inside the hexagonal pillars; green represents unused fuel, black spent fuel D. Fission wave (red) E. Breeding wave (yellow) F. Liquid sodium coolant

Technology Review: TR10: Traveling-Wave Reactor TR10: Traveling-Wave Reactor A new reactor design could make nuclear power safer and cheaper, says John Gilleland. Enriching the uranium for reactor fuel and opening the reactor periodically to refuel it are among the most cumbersome and...

http://www.intellectualventures.com/docs/terrappower/IV_Introducing%20TWR_3_6_09.pdf The Future of Nuclear Energy Intellectual Ventures has launched an effort to design nuclear energy reactors that improve on those in operation today. Known as TerraPower, the project has produced preliminary...