The
National Reactor Innovation Center’s (NRIC) second webinar in its
series, “What Inspires Us,” will focus on the recent U.S. Department of
Energy awards to TerraPower and X-energy to build their advanced nuclear
reactors by 2027.
Ashley
Finan, director of NRIC, will moderate this 90-minute webinar from
2:30-4 p.m. ET; 12:30-2 p.m. MT on Dec. 2, 2020. It will feature
conversations with Chris Levesque, president and chief executive officer
of TerraPower and Clay Sell, chief executive officer of X-energy.
“There
is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for these projects,” Finan said.
“This is an opportunity to learn more and ask questions.”
The
DOE Office of Nuclear Energy selected TerraPower LLC for its Natrium
sodium-cooled high-temperature reactor design and X-energy for its
Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor design for $80 million award
negotiations under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
NRIC
will facilitate access to DOE’s national lab resources, which can help
the companies test and assess advanced reactor development technologies
to move reactors from blueprints to reality.
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