Bill Gates Is Building the ‘Most Advanced Nuclear Facility’ on Earth

[PAF]

Bill Gates Is Building the ‘Most Advanced Nuclear Facility’ on Earth

June 2024

Bill Gates's nuclear company has begun work on a multi-billion dollar project in Wyoming that he said would revolutionize the energy industry.

TerraPower, founded and chaired by Gates, began construction Monday on an advanced nuclear project in Kemmerer.

Scheduled to become operational in 2030, the sodium-cooled reactor will pick up the slack from the town's retiring coal mine, the Associated Press reported.

"The ground we broke in Kemmerer will soon be the bedrock of America's energy future. Today, we took the biggest step yet toward safe, abundant, zero-carbon energy," said Gates, who has frequently advocated for nuclear alternatives to fossil fuels.

Bill Gates visits the site of the TerraPower nuclear power plant in Wyoming (L) and a control panel simulator. TerraPower
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The project has the backing of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, which will supply half of the estimated $4 billion costs associated with bringing the plant to production, the Associated Press reported on Monday.



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[pmbug]

Taxpayers are giving Bill Gates $2B so he can build a nuclear power plant? Sure. That makes sense.

 

[Dr.3D]

Sodium-cooled?

What could go wrong?

When exposed to humidity in the atmosphere, sodium tends to turn to sodium hydroxide and hydrogen.
The hydrogen often catches fire when that happens.

Should the sodium be exposed to water, the problem is much, much worse. The hydrogen always gets hot enough to catch fire when that happens.

If the sodium has been exposed to the radioactive core, it will probably be radioactive as well.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Sodium-cooled?

What could go wrong?

When exposed to humidity in the atmosphere, sodium tends to turn to sodium hydroxide and hydrogen.
The hydrogen often catches fire when that happens.

Should the sodium be exposed to water, the problem is much, much worse. The hydrogen always gets hot enough to catch fire when that happens.

If the sodium has been exposed to the radioactive core, it will probably be radioactive as well.

Sodium cooling is not that scary.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Why Bill Gates’ New Natrium Reactor is a Big Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixSCZwFCQlc
{Sabine Hossenfelder | 02 July 2024}

Bill Gates has financed a nuclear reactor in Wyoming that just started construction. It’s what’s known as a Natrium Reactor and uses a sodium-cooled fast reactor combined with an energy storage system. That's a lot of words, but just what does the thing do? Let’s have a look.