{"id":342001,"date":"2026-03-05T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/nrc-authorizes-construction-of-terrapowers-first-natrium-reactor-in-wyoming\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:17:51","slug":"nrc-authorizes-construction-of-terrapowers-first-natrium-reactor-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/nrc-authorizes-construction-of-terrapowers-first-natrium-reactor-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"NRC authorizes construction of TerraPower&#8217;s first Natrium reactor in Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Nuclear Regulatory Commission <\/strong>(<em>NRC<\/em>) has formally granted the construction permit for <strong>TerraPower<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>first Natrium reactor<\/strong>. This decision authorizes the start of work on Kemmerer Unit 1, positioning it as the pioneering commercial-scale advanced nuclear facility on U.S. soil. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The permit for the construction of the Natrium reactor<\/h2>\n\n<p>Under the leadership of Chris Levesque, the TerraPower team has consolidated a regulatory process that was initially projected to take 27 months, completing it in just 18. This progress is due to a strategy of technical transparency and the regulatory support of laws aimed at energy modernization. <\/p>\n\n<p>The plant is a generation hub, redefining the power grid architecture by integrating a sodium-cooled fast reactor with a thermal energy storage system.<\/p>\n\n<p>Indeed, the system&#8217;s ability to swing between a constant 345 MW output and peaks of 500 MW thanks to its molten salts places it in a unique category. This flexibility allows it to efficiently complement variable renewable sources, ensuring operational stability that few current designs can promise. Furthermore, the project is part of a close collaboration with the <strong>Department of Energy<\/strong> through the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/terrapower-nuclear-reactor-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"163562\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program<\/a><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Finally, the start of construction in the coming weeks marks the definitive schedule for the plant to be operational by 2030. Bill Gates&#8217; vision for energy independence is beginning to materialize in Wyoming, setting a standard for safety and efficiency for the coming decades in the global nuclear sector. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrapower.com\/NRC-Approves-Natrium-Reactor-Construction-Permit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TerraPower<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This progress is due to a strategy of technical transparency and the regulatory support of laws aimed at energy modernization. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":341963,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-342001","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/342001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/342001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=342001"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=342001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}