“Alongside X-energy and its Xe-100, TerraPower was selected for fast-tracking through one of the three programs under the umbrella of the US DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP)…TerraPower’s 2031 operational target represents a 5–7 year delay from the original timeline to commercialization set by the US DOE, which aimed for a 2025–2027 start date for both X-energy and TerraPower.”

Will anyone want SMRs if/when they are finally developed? They’re already uneconomic. Renewables & battery storage beat them on that. The people who defend SMRs (as nuclear energy’s last hope for relevance) insist they’re necessary, as they do things (‘grid stability’) that renewables can’t do, but those claims are being proven false. too.

NRC completes safety review for TerraPower’s Kemmerer project