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Bill Gates Makes the Case for Doubling Energy Research Funding, Including Nuclear
Nuclear Street News
At the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit last week, Bill Gates made the case that energy research funding ought to be doubled, as its capital-intensive nature makes developments occur on a much longer timeframe than for other technologies. Modeled after DARPA and its leading-edge defense research, Advanced...
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Bill Gates Confirms Talks with China on TerraPower’s Traveling Wave Reactor (With Video)
Nuclear Street News Team
Bill Gates may finally have found a partner to help develop the TerraPower traveling wave reactor. On Wednesday the Microsoft founder and philanthropist confirmed earlier reports that TerraPower is working with the China National Nuclear Corporation to develop the technology. The Canadian Broadcasting...
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Thu, Dec 8 2011
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Bill Gates Explains TerraPower And The Traveling Wave Reactor
Nuclear Street News Team
We came accross an interesting video on YouTube the other day. It was Bill Gates at the TED conference in 2010 introducing us to TerraPower and their development plans for the Traveling Wave Reactor. The traveling wave reactor’s design would use a small amount of enriched uranium 235, with 90...
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Wed, Jul 27 2011
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Bill Gates Invests in Small Reactor Technology, Wall Street Journal Takes Notice
Nuclear Street News Team
Microsoft founder and innovation-chasing entrepreneur Bill Gates has turned heads with his investment in TerraPower, a small startup seeking a home for a prototype traveling-wave reactor that could go 50 years without refueling. The Wall Street Journal featured a story on TerraPower Monday, quoting...
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Wed, Mar 2 2011
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Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Gets $35 million; Has Plans For Gigawatt-Sized Nuclear Reactors And Small, Modular Reactors
steveheiser
TerraPower’s TWR conceptual design for a gigawattscale reactor, which is big enough to power a city, has already been completed. A conceptual design effort is currently underway for a small modular unit that generates a few hundred megawatts of electricity which could fit the needs of emerging...
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Wed, Jun 16 2010
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Bill Gates' TerraPower And Toshiba In Talks On Development Of Small Nuke
steveheiser
Gates is expected to use his personal funding and assets to back the development of TWRs and his investment could reach several billion dollars - By Stephen Heiser - TerraPower, an energy start-up backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates is in discussions with Toshiba on developing a small nuclear...
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Tue, Mar 23 2010
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Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - Searete’s Traveling Wave Reactor
steveheiser
Searete’s Traveling Wave Reactor - By Duncan Williams - One of the more revolutionary reactor designs in the nuclear industry today is Searete LLC’s traveling wave fast breeder reactor. Instead of using highly enriched uranium or plutonium as nuclear fuel, the traveling wave reactor...
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Wed, Oct 21 2009