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Edmonton Journal: Fear not, new nuclear reactors can solve Canada’s climate change crises

By Edmonton Journal

There is no reason to have nightmares about climate change. You will not hear this from the alarmist reports on the evening news, let alone from doom-saying activists, but there is a proven, low-carbon source of safe and abundant energy. Generation 4 nuclear reactors — including molten salt reactors now being developed by the Canadian firm Terrestrial Energy — are being designed to reduce energy poverty and push billions of the world’s poorest people towards prosperity.

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MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2019, by Bill Gates

By MIT Technology Review

“New-wave nuclear power” designs are “promising to make this power source safer and cheaper,” reads the cover story in MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2019 issue, curated by Bill Gates. “Developers of generation IV fission designs, such as Canada’s Terrestrial Energy…have entered into R&D partnerships with utilities, aiming for grid supply by the 2020s.”

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MIT Technology Review: The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change

By MIT Technology Review

Another generation IV variant, the molten-salt reactor, is safer than earlier designs because it can cool itself even if the system loses power completely. Canadian company Terrestrial Energy plans to build a 190 MW plant in Ontario, with its first reactors producing power before 2030 at a cost it says can compete with natural gas.

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Forbes: Terrestrial Energy Describes Progress Towards Commercializing Advanced Small Modular Reactor

Forbes: Salt Is A Pillar Of Our Nuclear Future

By Forbes

Terrestrial Energy, a Canadian advanced nuclear reactor company, is on its way to making their innovative design a reality. The key advantage of this GenIV reactor design is that it uses molten salt to carry the fuel as well as cool the system. At first glance, that might seem odd. But molten salt, with the uranium dissolved in it, can operate at low-pressure and doesn’t need chemical or mechanical driving forces which can cause problems. The IMSR can be maintained and operated with relative simplicity, important for an industrial reactor with potential for global applications. The power plant can be sized from small to large. The reactor is in a permanently sealed modular core-unit, that includes multiple redundant heat exchangers and pumps. It cannot melt down.

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World Nuclear News: IMSR materials to be tested at Petten

By World Nuclear News

NRG is to carry out testing of materials, including graphite, for key components of Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant in the High-Flux Reactor at Petten in the Netherlands under a contract announced on 5 February. Terrestrial Energy in 2017 completed the first phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's pre-licensing vendor review of the IMSR, and the company is planning to submit either an application for design certification or for a construction permit for the IMSR-400 by late 2019 to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The company and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories are considering the feasibility of siting a commercial plant at Chalk River.

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Idaho Falls Post Register: NEIMA a major step forward for nuclear

By Idaho Falls Post Register

There are many reasons to be excited about advanced nuclear reactors. More than 50 advanced nuclear companies across North America are examining a number of options, often in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory and other U.S. Department of Energy national labs. We have, in companies such as NuScale, Terrestrial Energy, Oklo, TerraPower, X-Energy and many more, the entrepreneurial spirit.

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Nuclear Energy Insider: Canadian utilities build Small Modular Reactor alliances as developers tackle licensing

By Nuclear Energy Insider

Terrestrial Energy became the first Small Modular Reactor developer to enter phase 2 of the CNSC's design review process. In this phase, Terrestrial’s advanced molten salt reactor design will be examined for any fundamental barriers to licensing. Terrestrial was an early mover into Canada and the company recently signed a design services contract with BWXT Canada for the development of steam generators and heat exchangers. The company has also started pre-licensing activities in the U.S. and has signed a number of early-stage development and R&D agreements with public groups including the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

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Charlottetown Guardian: Long live nuclear power

By The Charlottetown Guardian

Nuclear generation as we know it may be dead, but the future of nuclear is bright. There are over 50 start-ups in North America developing generation IV reactor designs with $1.3 billion in investments. Terrestrial Energy is developing reactors which run on liquid fuels in the form of salts. MSR's (Molten Salt Reactors) have many advantages over the reactors today which use solid fuel.

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World Nuclear News: Terrestrial signs up BWXT for technical support

By World Nuclear News

Terrestrial Energy has contracted BWXT Canada Ltd for technical consultation and design assistance in the development of steam generators and heat exchangers for its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), which entered the second phase of a vendor design review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in October.

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The New Economy: The impending threat of climate change brings nuclear energy to the fore once more

By The New Economy

Nuclear power’s image problem has stunted investment for years. Now, as the threat of climate change looms larger, cutting-edge start-ups are bringing the energy source back into the conversation. One of the proposals currently gaining traction in the market involves the use of a molten salt reactor that automatically cools down if it starts to overheat. Terrestrial Energy is one of a number of companies exploring this technology, which is capable of creating reactors that are ‘walk-away safe’.

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