This week, representatives from the Oswego-based National Project Management Corp. met with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria to discuss the future of nuclear energy production. The company is proposing a concept that will eliminate both weapons grade and long-term radioactive toxic material in spent fuel through a process called Deep Burn. The company hopes to produce the Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR) capable of this process in Central New York.
“Every existing nuclear power plant creates spent fuel, a material that has to be stored in a highly regulated environment,” explains Robert Abtey, president, National Project Management Corp. “The technology we are proposing takes that waste and turns it into more energy through an inherently safe nuclear power plant system. The thought leaders we met with from around the globe this week recognize the problem at hand and the potential in our proposal.”
The U.S. currently lacks the technology to permanently destroy light water reactor spent fuel. Additionally, the U.S. does not have technology to support the emerging hydrogen energy markets or the growing demand for electricity. The GT-MHR and deep burn process has the capacity to solve those problems.
National Project Management Corp. is working to bring this design to life with support from Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, South Africa, New York State, the City of Oswego, N.Y., Port Authority of Oswego, Empire State Development, NYSERDA and National Grid.
SOURCE National Project Management Corp
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