Contentful ID
7d5185ab-30e4-7da2-977a-01f032207641-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology company founded to develop and commercializes its Traveling Wave Reactor and Molten Chloride Fast Reactor. Bill Gates is the company's co-founder, chairman of the board, and primary financial backer. In January 2016, TerraPower received a 5-year, $40 million cost-share award from the US Department of Energy for the continued research and development of its Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.
Entity Name
TerraPower, LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
The MCFR is a chloride salt-cooled, liquid-fueled fast spectrum molten salt reactor operating on a U-Pu fuel cycle. This breed-and-burn concept utilizes depleted or unenriched (natural) uranium as makeup fuel.
Technology Name
Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR)