New Nuclear / US Drive Towards Advanced Reactors Will Expand To Europe, Says Bechtel

Company working on first Natrium plant for Bill Gates’ TerraPower and wants to be part of Poland’s ambitious new-build efforts
US Drive Towards Advanced Reactors Will Expand To Europe, Says Bechtel
Ahmet Tokpinar, US-based Bechtel’s vice-president and general manager of nuclear power.
The future of nuclear power in the US lies with advanced reactors and small modular reactors – and as these technologies are licensed and brought online they will expand to Europe, Ahmet Tokpinar, Bechtel’s vice-president and general manager of nuclear power, told NucNet.

Bechtel, the US engineering and construction giant, is TerraPower’s partner for plant design, licensing, procurement, and construction of a planned Natrium advanced demonstration reactor in Wyoming.

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