🇺🇸 TerraPower
Overview
Bill Gates-backed company developing the MCFR — a fast-spectrum molten chloride reactor that enables breeding and waste consumption. The MCRE test reactor at INL will be the world's first fast-spectrum salt-fueled reactor.
Timeline
2020$170M DOE ARDP award for MCFR
2023IET facility operational
2024First fuel salt production
2026DOE agreement for MCRE at INL
2030MCRE operational target
2035Commercial MCFR deployment