The United States Department of Energy did not have any significant impact on its final environmental review of the planned infrastructure to support the estimated Nuclear Energy Plant proposed by the Terrapower developer at the site of a coal withdrawal at Wyoming.
The Terrapower Natrium plant is a rapid nuclear unit refrigerated by 345 MW sodium with a melted salt energy storage system.
Bechtel, engineering, recruitment and construction partner of Terrapower, was based on the project by mid -2024. About 1,600 employees are expected to be used for construction in the Peak project. Construction is scheduled for five years.
The building in North America on March 3 said that he signed a project work agreement with Terrapower for the construction of the Natrium reactor, marking “a massive step forward for the nuclear industry of America,” said Union President Sean McGarvey in a statement.
The Federal Agency also said that it plans to authorize funds for the preparation and support of the information preparation infrastructures, including non -structural reformations, the construction of several buildings, the installation of underground services, the launch, the installation of stormwater management ponds and the creation of temporary energy.
The construction of support infrastructures will begin this month, but the construction of the nuclear unit would not begin until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the United States issued a construction permit, which is expected in September 2026 after a declaration of environmental impact of 18 months planned and a decision -making register is completed. The construction of approved infrastructure would not involve radioactive materials or nuclear safety systems, “and no security -related structures would be built,” said Doe.
The commission said at the end of February that it completed its security evaluation project for the plant and hopes to complete the final security assessment in June 2026, necessary before a construction permit could be granted.
The financing of the proposed infrastructure would occur within the framework of the 2 billion dollars of DOE signed in 2020 within the framework of the advanced demonstration program of the reactor.
Terrapower said in January that he received the approval of Wyoming authorities for construction activities and operations that are not under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
State approval allows the construction of the Energy Island that will house deposits and storage turbines for molten salt energy. “With this full permission, Terrapower will continue its aggressive construction calendar; And it plans to start construction both at the Kemmerer Fraining Center and on Energy Island in 2025, as well as continue to work on the ease of sodium test and filling that began in 2024, “said the company.
State permit was the first for any state granted to a commercial advanced nuclear project. “ The regulatory process to bring to the new nuclear plants in fruition is robust, and our team has been working on a relentless way to successfully maneuver through a complicated and multi-jurisdictional environment to bring the first Natrium plant, ” said Terrapower’s CEO Chris Levesque, in a statement.
Terrapower is the only advanced nuclear developer to submit an application for permission for an advanced commercial reactor to the commission, made a year ago. The only design of Natrium, a collaboration between Terrapower and GE Hitachi Technology, allows the company to start non -nuclear construction on the site during the NRC review, said the company.
It is expected to be completed by 2030, the Natrium plant will be a “commercial electric power station that will function completely,” said Terrapower. Its energy storage system allows the plant to be easily integrated with renewable resources, said the developer, founded by Bill Gates in 2008.
The company estimates that 250 people will support everyday activities, including vegetable safety, once the plant has operated.
In mid -February, Terrapower and Nvision Energy, a subsidiary of the Energy Project Developer on a useful scale, Novi Energy, agreed to establish a framework for deploying a model to develop Natrium reactor and energy storage plants throughout the United States.
In January, the Data Centers of Terrapower and Data Center signed a Memorandum of Entesa to develop a strategic collaboration to take advantage of Natri plants in current and future operations of the developer’s data center.
