Our Commitment to a More Sustainable Future

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head>  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-TNS7HNP');</script>   <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Our Commitment to a More Sustainable Future</title> <meta name="description" content="Take a look at TerraPower's ongoing research and development projects that are set to transform the future of nuclear solutions.">  <meta name="keywords" content="TerraPower, nuclear energy, what is nuclear energy, nuclear energy and nuclear power, advantages of nuclear energy, advanced nuclear technologies, energy innovation, global energy solutions, nuclear projects, Bill Gates, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, clean energy, sustainable energy, energy research, pros of nuclear energy, benefits of nuclear energy, merits of nuclear energy, isotopes in cancer treatment, cancer isotopes, cancer treatment isotopes"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> <meta name="author" content="TerraPower">  <meta property="og:title" content="Our Commitment to a More Sustainable Future"> <meta property="og:description" content="Take a look at TerraPower's ongoing research and development projects that are set to transform the future of nuclear solutions."> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.terrapower.com/images/social-share.jpg"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.terrapower.com/future/"> <meta property="og:type" content="website">  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Our Commitment to a More Sustainable Future"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Take a look at TerraPower's ongoing research and development projects that are set to transform the future of nuclear solutions."> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.terrapower.com/images/social-share.jpg">  <link rel="icon" href="https://www.terrapower.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">  <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.terrapower.com/future/"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/global.css?v0.0.4" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/cookie-banner.css?v0.0.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/about-page.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/suppliers-page.css" /> </head> <body>  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TNS7HNP" height="0" width="0" style=' display:none;'></iframe></noscript>  <header> <div class="navbar"> <ul class="main-nav" aria-label="Main navigation menu"> <nav> <li class="logo"> <a href="/" aria-label="Homepage"><img src="/sub-images/logos/nav_logo.png" alt="TerraPower logo"></a> </li> <li> <a href="/natrium/">Natrium<span></span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/isotopes/">Isotopes<span></span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/future/">Future<span></span></a> </li> </nav> </ul> <div class="menu-btn-box js-menu-btn-box"> <a href="" role="button" class="js-menu-button" aria-label="Additional navigation menu">Menu</a> </div> <div class="js-slide-menu slide-menu"> <ul class="top-menu"> <li> <a href="/natrium/">Natrium<sup>®</sup></a> </li> <li> <a href="/isotopes/">Isotopes</a> </li> <li> <a href="/future/">Future</a> </li> </ul> <div class="bottom-menu"> <p>Explore</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/wyoming/">Wyoming</a> </li> <li> <a href="/faq/">Natrium FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/">About Us</a> </li> <li> <a href="/careers/">Careers</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news">News</a> </li> <li> <a href="/suppliers/">Suppliers</a> </li> <li> <a href="/contact/">Contact</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header><section class="hero future" aria-label="Page header image" aria-description="An image of MCFR technology"> <div class="grid"> <div class="module-content"> <div class="hero-content"> <div class="text-box" aria-label="Page title and introduction"> <h1>MOLTEN CHLORIDE FAST REACTOR TECHNOLOGY</h1> <p>Using nuclear innovation to decarbonize industry</p> <div class="scroll-icon"><span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module feature"> <div class="grid"> <div class="module-content"> <div class="img-text"> <div class="img-box"> <figure role="none"> <img src="/sub-images/speaker.jpg" alt="TerraPower employee giving a presentation on MCFR" class="scale"> </figure> </div> <div class="text-box"> <h2>LEADING THE WAY IN PARTNERSHIPS</h2> <p>TerraPower's MCFR design research and development has already expanded into design and testing activities. In January 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a five-year, $40 million cost-share award for continued research and development into TerraPower's MCFR project. This award served as the inception for a new public-private MCFR project development partnership that includes TerraPower, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Electric Power Research Institute and Vanderbilt University.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module background-module"> <div class="grid"> <div class="module-content"> <div class="text-box"> <h2>As of July 2019</h2> <p>The MCFR design team reached a major milestone on this project with 1,000 hours of isothermal loop operations. The MCFR technology will utilize liquid salt as both fuel and coolant in the reactor core. This fully pumped molten salt loop tested key components including pumps, heaters, freeze valves, flanges and instrumentation over time.</p> </div> <div class="text-img"> <div class="text-box"> <h2>In December 2020</h2> <p>The U.S. Department of Energy selected the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) proposal, with Southern Company as the prime, as a winner of the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program risk-reduction pathway. This effort is relevant to TerraPower's MCFR design.</p> <h2>Operational in October 2023</h2> <p>Southern Company and TerraPower are working on an Integrated Effects Test (IET) to learn how the MCFR technology will scale and behave at larger, commercially relevant sizes. The IET was commissioned and began operating in TerraPower's Everett, Washington, facility in October 2023.</p> </div> <div class="img-box"> <figure role="none"> <img class="scale" src="/sub-images/future-workers.jpg" alt="Workers handling wires"> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module document-module"> <div class="grid"> <div class="module-content"> <a href="/downloads/TP_MCFR_Technology.pdf" class="document-placeholder" target="_blank" aria-label="MCFR factsheet (opens in a new tab)"> <figure role="none"> <img class="scale" src="/sub-images/placeholders/mcfr.jpg" alt="MCFR Factsheet"> </figure> </a> <div class="text-box"> <h2>NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO DECARBONIZE INDUSTRY</h2> <p>TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) project expands the ability of nuclear reactor technology to decarbonize the economy in sectors including and beyond electricity. The MCFR technology operates at higher temperatures than conventional reactors, thus generating electricity more efficiently and without emissions. Its unique design also offers potential for process heat applications and thermal storage. Its unparalleled design features make it a highly efficient, low-cost and carbon-free energy solution to help utilities and industries reach decarbonization goals.</p> <a href="/downloads/TP_MCFR_Technology.pdf" class="button" target="_blank" aria-label="Learn more button (opens in a new tab)">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <script type="text/javascript"> _linkedin_partner_id = "7048548"; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids = window._linkedin_data_partner_ids || []; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids.push(_linkedin_partner_id); </script><script type="text/javascript"> (function(l) { if (!l){window.lintrk = function(a,b){window.lintrk.q.push([a,b])}; window.lintrk.q=[]} var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; var b = document.createElement("script"); b.type = "text/javascript";b.async = true; b.src = "https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(b, s);})(window.lintrk); </script> <noscript> <img height="1" width="1" style="display:none;" alt="" src="https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=7048548&fmt=gif" /> </noscript> <div class="signup-module background-module"> <div class="grid"> <div class="module-content"> <div class="img-text"> <div class="text-box"> <h4>Subscribe</h4> <p>Be the first to hear about TerraPower's latest innovations, partnerships and breakthroughs.</p> </div> <div class="text-box"> <div id="mc_embed_shell"> <div id="mc_embed_signup"> <form action="https://terrapower.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=d1108a6b72921bc6f21638f17&id=78de5e5b85&v_id=4608&f_id=00cf9be4f0" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" aria-label="Newsletter subscription form (opens a new page upon submission)"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"> <div style="padding: 1rem 0 2rem 0"><label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address* </label><input type="email" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL" required="" aria-required="true" value="" aria-label="Email"></div> <div aria-hidden="true" id="mce-responses" class="clear"> <div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display: none;"></div> <div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display: none;"></div> </div><div aria-hidden="true" style="position: absolute; 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