GEH And TerraPower Announce ‘Design And Build’ Partnership For VTR :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and the Bill Gates-backed nuclear developer TerraPower have announced plans to establish a partnership to design and build the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) for the US Department of Energy.
The two companies recently submitted a joint response to an expression of interest issued by the Battelle Energy Alliance on behalf of the DOE which seeks stakeholders interested in forming a partnership for a cost sharing arrangement to design and construct the VTR.
The VTR, which uses sodium fast reactor technology, will use high energy neutrons to test and develop advanced reactor fuels and materials. The DOE has said it could be completed as early as 2026 at the site of one of the country’s national laboratories.
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