The US Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has issued a draft environmental assessment (EA) for a test and fill facility that TerraPower plans to build in Kemmerer, Wyoming – the town chosen two years ago to host the company’s first Natrium sodium fast reactor.
The draft EA, open for comment until 1 December, describes TerraPower’s plans to build a nonnuclear facility that would safely store about 400,000 gallons (1.5 million litres) of sodium to test coolant system designs and ultimately fill the planned reactor.
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