Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Toshiba in talks with Gates-backed company for small-scale reactor

Toshiba in talks with Gates-backed company for small-scale reactor
Toshiba is in preliminary talks with TerraPower, an energy startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, to collaborate on a small-scale nuclear reactor, said Keisuke Ohmori, a Toshiba spokesman. TerraPower maintains that its technology allows its reactor to operate for decades on depleted uranium without the need to refuel it or remove used fuel. The Wall Street Journal
 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704841304575138530498037398.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

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