TerraPower - Traveling Wave Reactor Technology Datasheet

TerraPower`s Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR®) design remains an important, long-term goal of the Natrium™ program. A fleet of TWR plants will be able to operate for centuries with unenriched uranium fuel, needing enriched uranium to start only the first reactor in the long chain of plants. The TWR design offers 30 times more efficient use of mined uranium and a factor of five reduction in waste, all based on a once-through fuel cycle without the safety and proliferation concerns of reprocessing used fuel. With its major non-proliferation benefits, it will be an ideal technology for international deployment, as many new countries turn to emissions-free nuclear energy to meet the needs of their citizens and growing economies.