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Top 10 Power Industry News Stories of 2021

By Power Magazine

In late September, Terrestrial Energy unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The Canadian firm also announced a series of developments that could further its bid to commercialize the Generation IV small modular reactor (SMR) technology and begin operating its first plant by 2028.

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Terrestrial Energy’s Simon Irish on the potential of their Integral Molten Salt Reactors

By GreenBiz

John Davies, Senior Vice President & Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Simon Irish, Chief Executive Officer at Terrestrial Energy, during VERGE 21 (October 25-28, 2021).

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Terrestrial Energy Launches 390-MW Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Design

By Power Magazine

Terrestrial Energy has unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. This week, the Canadian firm also announced a series of developments that could further its bid to commercialize the Generation IV small modular reactor (SMR) technology and begin operating its first plant by 2028.

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Canadian SMR to offer ‘once in a generation’ economic windfall – study

By World Nuclear News

Construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) at Darlington in Ontario will open up global export markets worth many hundreds of billions of dollars over the next several decades for whichever technology is chosen by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), a new study prepared for SMR developer Terrestrial Energy has found.

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Nuclear reactors of the future have a fuel problem

By Utility Dive

“Of the seven advanced reactor designs that are engaged in ‘pre-application activities’ with the NRC, all but one would use HALEU,” said Matthew Bandyk in UtilityDive

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Terrestrial Energy, Westinghouse and UK NNL Collaborate on IMSR Fuel

By Nuclear Engineering International

US-based Westinghouse, the UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), and US-based Terrestrial Energy on 17 August signed an agreement for nuclear fuel development and supply to advance the industrial scale up and commercial supply of enriched uranium fuel for use in Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). The Terrestrial Energy IMSR, a Generation IV advanced nuclear power plant is under development in Oakville.

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Nuclear power and the land

By Canadian Dimension

"In the fight against climate change, what we are on the hunt for are safe energy solutions. And of all the options, nuclear is the safest," writes Leigh Phillips for Canadian Dimension

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generation iv reactor - turning a corner

Advanced Reactors: Turning the Corner

By Third Way - Advanced Nuclear Energy

A common misconception about advanced nuclear technologies is that they are largely conceptual and will not be commercialized in time to contribute to meeting near-term climate goals. However, a comprehensive look at global efforts to develop advanced nuclear reveals rapid progress towards commercialization and operation.

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Terrestrial Energy signs engineering services contract with Hatch

By Simon Irish

Canada’s Terrestrial Energy said on 4 May that it had signed an engineering services contract with Hatch to support deployment of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). The scope of the agreement includes support for engineering, component procurement, project and construction management, and power plant cost estimation relating to the development and construction of an IMSR power plant. Services will be provided by a team of Hatch engineers based in Ontario.

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Canada Embraces Nuclear Energy Expansion to Lower Carbon Emissions

By Simon Irish

“We don’t see a path where we reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 without nuclear,” said Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s natural-resources minister. “It is proven, it is tested and it is safe. We are good at it.”

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