Terrestrial Energy to work with Alberta on SMR commercialisation

By World Nuclear News

A Memorandum of Understanding between the nuclear technology company and Invest Alberta supports commercialisation of Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor with a focus on reducing emissions in the oil and gas, and petrochemical industries.

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US and Canadian regulators complete joint review of Terrestrial’s IMSR

By World Nuclear News

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have had agreements since 2017 to cooperate in reviewing advanced reactor and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.

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Terrestrial Energy partners with ANSTO on waste treatment technology

By World Nuclear News

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) and Terrestrial Energy are to explore ANSTO's Synroc proprietary waste treatment technology for used fuel management from the operation of Terrestrial's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).

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Canada And The United States CrissCross Support For Nuclear Energy’s Bright Future

By Forbes

The United States and Canada have a lot to collaborate on in the nuclear energy field, and they seem to be doing a good job of it. Each country is considering each other’s reactor designs and each has funded or chosen to review some of those from both countries.

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Top 10 Power Industry News Stories of 2021

By Power Magazine

In late September, Terrestrial Energy unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The Canadian firm also announced a series of developments that could further its bid to commercialize the Generation IV small modular reactor (SMR) technology and begin operating its first plant by 2028.

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Terrestrial Energy’s Simon Irish on the potential of their Integral Molten Salt Reactors

By GreenBiz

John Davies, Senior Vice President & Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Simon Irish, Chief Executive Officer at Terrestrial Energy, during VERGE 21 (October 25-28, 2021).

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Terrestrial Energy Launches 390-MW Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Design

By Power Magazine

Terrestrial Energy has unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. This week, the Canadian firm also announced a series of developments that could further its bid to commercialize the Generation IV small modular reactor (SMR) technology and begin operating its first plant by 2028.

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Canadian SMR to offer ‘once in a generation’ economic windfall – study

By World Nuclear News

Construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) at Darlington in Ontario will open up global export markets worth many hundreds of billions of dollars over the next several decades for whichever technology is chosen by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), a new study prepared for SMR developer Terrestrial Energy has found.

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Nuclear reactors of the future have a fuel problem

By Utility Dive

“Of the seven advanced reactor designs that are engaged in ‘pre-application activities’ with the NRC, all but one would use HALEU,” said Matthew Bandyk in UtilityDive

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Terrestrial Energy, Westinghouse and UK NNL Collaborate on IMSR Fuel

By Nuclear Engineering International

US-based Westinghouse, the UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), and US-based Terrestrial Energy on 17 August signed an agreement for nuclear fuel development and supply to advance the industrial scale up and commercial supply of enriched uranium fuel for use in Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). The Terrestrial Energy IMSR, a Generation IV advanced nuclear power plant is under development in Oakville.

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