INL is targeted site for world's first fast-spectrum salt reactor.

This screenshot from a Soutern Copany PowerPoint presentation shows a mockup of TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor. 

INL is targeted site for world's first fast-spectrum salt reactor.

Southern Company will lead effort in collaboration with TerraPower, Idaho National Laboratory

By POST REGISTER     Nov 18, 2021

Southern Company and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced a cooperative agreement to design, construct, and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment, the world's first critical fast-spectrum salt reactor.

Atlanta-based Southern Company is an energy company that serves 9 million customers through its subsidiaries according to its website. 

The agreement was announced Thursday in an Idaho National Laboratory news release. Southern Company's research and development organization will lead the collaborative effort that includes TerraPower, INL, CORE POWER, Orano Federal Services, the Electric Power Research Institute and 3M Company.

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