Transatomic Power

Transatomic Power
Privately held
Industry Nuclear power
Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Key people
 Leslie Dewan (Co-founder)
Mark Massie (Co-founder)
Russ Wilcox (Board Director)
Website transatomicpower.com

Transatomic Power is an American company that designs Generation IV nuclear reactors based on Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technology.

Company

Founded in 2011, its co-founders are MIT alumni Dr Leslie Dewan and Dr Mark Massie,[1] and its board directors include E Ink Corporation co-founder Russ Wilcox.[2] Among its backers are the venture capital outfit Founders Fund, of which Peter Thiel is a partner.[3][4] In 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Transatomic first prize in the ARPA-E Future Energy innovation contest.[1]

Reactor concept

Transatomic are developing what they term a Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor (WAMSR) designed to digest spent nuclear fuel.[5] The concept is based on the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment reactor that ran at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) from 1964 to 1969. It is open to the use of thorium or uranium as a fuel in its reactors.[6]

Transatomic released an updated technical white paper in March 2016 describing their reactor concept and future plans.[7]

Low pressure, high temperature molten salt reactor

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cook, Gareth. "A new way to do nuclear". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Martin, Richard; Navigant Research. "A Pair of MIT Scientists Try To Transform Nuclear Power". Forbes. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Gray, Kevin. "Peter Thiel Goes Nuclear". Popular Science. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Fritcke, Emily. "Can You Be an Environmentalist Without Embracing Nuclear Energy?". Slate. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ↑ WIle, Rob. "MIT Kids Think They've Solved How To Get Rid Of Nuclear Waste". Business Insider. Axel Springer. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Halper, Mark. "Meet Transatomic Power: Developing an alternative reactor, with Silicon Valley flair". Weinberg Next Nuclear. The Alvin Weinberg Foundation. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Transatomic Technical White Paper v1.0.3" (PDF). Transatomic Power. March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  8. ↑ TAP v1.0.3, 2016, p. 3.
  9. ↑ TAP v1.0.3, 2016, p. 3.
  10. ↑ TAP v1.0.3, 2016, p 3,35.
  11. ↑ TAP v1.0.3, 2016, p. 18.
  12. ↑ TAP v1.0.3, 2016, p. 32.

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