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…the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR), the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module, the NuScale, the mPower™, the Westinghouse AP-1000, the Areva EPR, the Toshiba 4S, and perhaps even the Adams Engine™, support will continue to grow. Any reasonable politician with his fingers in the air will recognize this trend and get on board. No party that desires continued popular support will stubbornly cling to anit-nuclear ideas that are abou…

…ion of the vast increase in interest from start-up companies like NuScale, Hyperion, TerraPower, or Thorium Power and established industry heavyweights like Westinghouse, Areva, Shaw Group, Northrop-Grumman or Southern Company in designing and building fission power plants that make use of 50 years worth of lessons learned. Atomic power plant designers are taking a variety of paths to solving known issues like pursuing smaller units, standardizing…

…rket for central station power plants. I am referring in particular to the Hyperion Power Generation project and the Adams Atomic Engine project. There is certainly still a lot of debate and concern. The energy market is a very large business with plenty of competition that will fight for slices of market share. Many competitors do not like the huge advantages that nuclear technology brings to the table; it is difficult for wind, solar, oil, coal,…

…ive response to the power supply cost challenge that has been displayed by Hyperion, NuScale and especially B&W (with their 125 MWe mPower that can deliver a factory manufactured nuclear steam supply system in a single unit to almost any prepared site) but that is material for other posts. Rod Adams Publisher, Atomic Insights Host and producer, The Atomic Show Podcast (Note: I did correct my typo in the name of the project location.) Unlike Green…

…(Update1); the link still works.) The article focuses on John Deal, CEO of Hyperion and his effort to build sealed units that can operate in remote locations for 5-8 years before needing to have the core replaced with a fresh load of fuel. However, it also describes Toshiba’s 4S (Super-Safe, Small, Simple) project, which may first be implemented in Galena, Alaska (Note: Until I inserted that link, I had forgotten that it has been more than 5 years…

…the development and commercialization of reactors like the 70 MW (thermal) Hyperion Power Module, NuScale’s 45 MWe natural circulation light water reactor, the LiftrTM, and the Adams EngineTM, as well as the third generation light water reactors that have improved passive safety, fewer components, and more robust containment structures. The selection of John Holdren as chief science advisor to the President provides one more reason for believing t…

…e in person. There are a number other exciting project teams like NuScale, Hyperion, and the more established and traditional B&W and Toshiba that are working hard – using significant injections of private capital from previously skeptical investors – to develop concepts that have been languishing without much financial support for a couple of decades. This is a development that is sure to bring out some interesting groups of critics, but it will…

…ly focused on small nuclear power plants already funded with risk capital (Hyperion and NuScale), with at least one more with some real prospects for a significant first round of funding, and the fact that there are at least 100 projects in the works around the world where real businessmen who understand numbers have made a different computation about the value of nuclear power than he has. He brought up the Keystone Study and the MIT Future of Nu…

…ce Nick Rosen, author of How to Live Off-Grid John R. (Grizz) Deal, CEO of Hyperion Power Generation There will be a book signing starting from 6:00 to 7:00 pm followed by the program from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. I wish I could attend. Sounds like a great opportunity to meet some interesting people and hear some good talks. If you are interested and able to attend, I think there are still free tickets remaining. Visit http://www.MondoEnergy.org for more…

…t of the energy industry has the same attitude. Fission based systems like Hyperion’s Power Module, NuScale’s simple and small BWR, and Toshiba’s 4S recognize that enormous light water reactors have cost and schedule limitations that make them inappropriate for many of the applications where emission-free electricity or heat are needed. There are a wide range of other possibilities like the Liquid Fluoride Thermal Reactor (LFTR), the Integral Fast…

…anced Reactor Concepts and Mark Campagna, COO and Chief Nuclear Officer of Hyperion Power Generation, in the hallway, yesterday’s sessions were almost completely focused on technologies that are refined light water reactors that can be characterized as Gen III or Gen III+ designs. Conservative minded people – like regulators and utilities – tend to be more comfortable with technologies that they know a lot about. I am looking forward to more sessi…

…recognized that a one size fits all model is stupid in today’s economy, so Hyperion, NuScale, Toshiba, PBMR, and a number of other companies are developing products designed to fill a variety of energy needs with fission based power plants. Here is the rest of Mr. Gore’s response to Senator Corker: …And when utilities have a limited construction budget and an uncertain demand projection because with the price of oil going up and down and new conse…