2/ 🌟 This means they're the first high-temperature fission tech to pass this type of review, and it's a massive step in bringing molten salt tech to the mainstream. It'll help industrial giants find practical ways to reduce carbon emissions. #climatechange
3/ 🇨🇦 Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, who's on Terrestrial Energy's Advisory Board, is stoked about this progress. He sees it as a new direction for nuclear energy, and a proud moment for Canada! #innovation#cleantech
4/ 🔥 What's so special about IMSR? It produces high-quality heat at 585°C, which is WAY hotter than traditional nuclear plants. This opens up a whole new world of zero-carbon industrial power & heat generation. #synfuels#hydrogen#sustainability
5/ 🧪 They've also designed the IMSR plant to use Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) as fuel, which means it's enriched to less than 5% and doesn't need the High Assay LEU (HALEU) stuff. That's great for keeping fuel supplies stable and internationally accepted. #nuclearfuel
6/ 🌱 In short, this breakthrough is bringing us one step closer to a cleaner, greener future, and we couldn't be more excited! Keep an eye on @TerrestrialMSR as they continue to innovate in the world of #nuclear energy. ✊⚛️
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Tonight on the @CNN#climateforum, Democratic candidates will talk through their plans to rapidly transition our country to clean energy. We’re guessing we’ll hear a lot about #renewables & carbon pricing. But what will they say about #nuclear energy?
Will anyone point out that, considering the scale of the challenge, we should get rid of fossil fuels before even thinking about getting rid of nuclear?
In Taiwan a heroic act of pro-nuclear environmentalism occurring, RIGHT NOW. Please read & RT this thread, as very few outside of Taiwan know of this struggle. Shih-Hsiu Huang, a Taiwanese pro-nuclear activist managed to organize a group of over 300 volunteers... #energytwitter
and collect the necessary 280,000 signatures to place a referendum to repeal Taiwan’s nuclear phase out law on this November’s ballot. Every day after work, 300+ volunteers spent hours collecting the names, phone numbers, & addresses of hundreds of thousands of supporters.
Finally at the beginning of September, after nearly 3 months of incredible volunteer work, they passed the 280k threshold to get placed on the Nov. ballot, and were hoping to add as many extra signatures as possible to account for some being invalidated on technicalities.