It's Wattage Wednesday and the energy is electric around Copenhagen Atomics' small but mighty reactor design!
Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics hopes to revolutionize nuclear with their innovative "Onion Core" reactor. Leveraging a decade of R&D, they've developed unique tech like corrosion-resistant salt purification and highly efficient thorium fuel breeding.
The compact 100 MWt reactor uses a clever "onion" geometry with a thorium blanket surrounding the core, minimizing neutron leakage to just 2% vs 50%+ in some fast reactors. A heavy water moderator and molten fluoride salt loops enable a flexible, inherently safe unpressurized design.
Mass manufacturing is key - Copenhagen Atomics plans to build one reactor per day on assembly lines, deploying a 1 GW plant in 18 months initially, then 6 months as production scales! Non-radioactive prototypes are already being tested, with a 1 MW demo slated for 2026. Commercial rollout is targeted for the early 2030s.
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