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It's always interesting to see how these companies can progress in a year[0]. Regardless though, for those curious, there's a great presentation by the CEO, Dr. Leslie Dewan on what TPT does differently[1]. The big selling point for their Molten Salt Reactor (compared to others) is that they designed it to be able to use low-enriched Uranium (fresh fuel, as opposed to spent fuel) and nuclear waste. The downside of this is that it can't produce the same volume of electricity that a normal nuclear plant can, but it's significantly safer, and can't be used to produce weapons grade uranium.

For those interested in MSR's this serves as a good starting point too[2].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7922216

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXXwWOImm8

[2] http://www.whatisnuclear.com/reactors/msr.html




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