Peninsula Energy : 14 July 2021 Wyoming's Nuclear Future Presentation Read more

N E X T - G E N E R A T I O N N U C L E A R P O W E R P L A N T A N D J O B S A R E C O M I N G T O W Y O M I N G

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W Y O M I N G ' S C L E A N

E N E R G Y F U T U R E

• In June, TerraPower announced plans to locate it's Natrium Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program Plant at a retiring PacifiCorp coal fired power plant site in Wyoming
• The US Dept. of Energy (DOE) is sharing the costs to support the licensing, construction and demonstration of this first-of-a-kind reactor by 2028
• Natrium will be the first commercial nuclear reactor ever in the State of Wyoming and one of the first advanced reactors to operate in the United States
• Bill Gates co-founded TerraPower in 2008 to promote the realization of the benefits of advanced nuclear

H O W D O E S A

N U C L E A R P O W E R P L A N T W O R K ?

• The basis for generating electricity at a nuclear power plant is to utilize the heat energy generated by the controlled fission of uranium isotopes to produce steam which turns a standard turbine generator
• Steam turbine generators are also used in wood, coal, natural gas & diesel fired electric power plants
• There are several design variations of nuclear power plants (NPP's)

• Water is used as a heat exchange media
• Water is heated to steam inside the reactor vessel
• Steam exits the containment structure and turns a turbine to generate electricity
• Used steam is condensed with cooling water and returned to the reactor vessel to be reheated

B O I L I N G W A T E R R E A C T O R ( B W R )

• A Primary water loop circulates through the reactor vessel producing superheated water under high pressure
• The superheated water loop exchanges heat with a secondary water loop where steam is generated, all inside the containment structure
• Steam exits the containment structure and turns a turbine to generate electricity

P R E S S U R I Z E D W A T E R R E A C T O R ( P W R )