Terrestrial Energy
71 in this dataset
9 developers pursuing it
14 organisations in CA
What these terms mean
Every classification on this page, defined. These are controlled-vocabulary terms, so the same word means the same thing on every profile.
- Reactor developer
- Develops a fission reactor design. Carries no implication that anything is licensed, funded or built.
- Fission
- Advanced and small modular fission reactor developers, plus established reactor vendors.
- Molten salt reactor › › Molten salt reactor
- Fuel DISSOLVED in the salt. Distinct from a salt-cooled reactor with solid fuel — conflating the two is the most common advanced-nuclear classification error.
- Low-enriched uranium
- Below 5% U-235.
In Terrestrial Energy’s own words
Quoted from the organisation’s own site as we archived it. Their description of themselves, not ours, and not a claim this site has checked.
Heat makes the modern world go round. It creates the materials of the modern world. It is the energy source for all our cars, ships and planes, the energy source for generating electricity, and making the products of the modern world.
Heat for all these activities today comes from burning fossil fuels. We need a zero-carbon alternative heat source, more scalable, reliable, and economical to displace the burning of fossil fuels, and we need to start deploying it at scale quickly.
For cost-competitive, high-temperature heat, a fission reactor requires a high-performance coolant. Conventional fission technology uses water, Terrestrial Energy uses a molten salt – a coolant with superior performance to water.
Our proprietary small modular reactor (SMR) design is called the Integral Molten Salt Reactor or IMSR. Molten salt fission technology is the heart of our innovative IMSR heat and power (cogeneration) plant.
The technology, nuclear fuel and plant design choices used in IMSR cogeneration plants place it on a clear path to market in a compelling timeframe. We have chosen proven molten salt fission technology, which has been researched, developed and demonstrated for over the last 65 years.
A modular design, paired with today’s latest advanced component manufacturing techniques, support construction of an IMSR cogeneration plant in less than four years. We expect to scale up deployment rapidly when international rollout of IMSR cogeneration plants starts in 2030.
Terrestrial Energy is an industry-leading technology company committed to delivering reliable, emission-free, and cost-competitive nuclear energy with a transformative advanced reactor, the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).
Where Terrestrial Energy sits
Composed from records in this dataset, not from outside research. Every figure below is counted from what the site holds, so it moves when the data does.
Terrestrial Energy is one of 9 organisations in this dataset pursuing msr.
It is one of 14 we hold in CA.
Related organisations
Others pursuing the same approach, then others in the same country.
Pursuing the same technology
Others in this dataset working on Molten salt reactor.
Sources
- Terrestrial Energy operator
A source marked operator is the subject’s own publication. That is legitimate, and it is not independent confirmation. Methodology.