Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment

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Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035

Google has become the latest tech giant to seek nuclear power as a source for its datacenters and other operations.it had purchased nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors to be developed by an outfit called Kairos Power.its tech as"a novel advanced reactor technology that leverages TRISO fuel in pebble form combined with a low-pressure fluoride salt coolant.

Kairos is yet to deliver a working reactor, but broke ground on a test facility this year and hopes to deliver a working facility in 2030, then deploy more from 2035. Its designs are scoped to produce 150 MWE – 150 million watts of energy. "By procuring electricity from multiple reactors – what experts call an 'orderbook' of reactors – we will help accelerate the repeated reactor deployments that are needed to lower costs and bring Kairos Power's technology to market more quickly," he wrote.

 

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