News Westinghouse's eVinci micro nuclear reactor for data centers delivers 5 megawatts of power for eight years without refueling — microreactors could...

[Admin]

Westinghouse is taking one step forward to getting approval for its eVinci microreactor.

Westinghouse's eVinci micro nuclear reactor for data centers delivers 5 megawatts of power for eight years without refueling — microreactors could... : Read more

 

[8086]

How much and when can I get one for my home?

 

[Dantte]

This is not new and your terminology is incorrect. This tech not only "can" power future data centers, it has already been doing it for years! Example: every Microsoft data center that has been built in the US, I think the last 5-years, uses this to power them.

 

[SirStephenH]

8 years? Pfft. Voyager 1 and 2 have been running on nuclear power for the past 47 years without maintenance or refueling.

 

[TJ Hooker]

This is not new and your terminology is incorrect. This tech not only "can" power future data centers, it has already been doing it for years! Example: every Microsoft data center that has been built in the US, I think the last 5-years, uses this to power them.

What exactly are you referring to by "this tech"? Because there are no small modular reactors (SMRs), such as the Westinghouse eVinci discussed in this article, currently in commercial operation in the US. Or anywhere else, other than Russia and China apparently.

Edit: Apparently nuclear "microreactors" (like the eVinci) represent a different size class, below what are typically referred to as SMRs. They seem broadly similar though, including that neither are in commercial operation anywhere in the western world.

 

[SirStephenH]

How much and when can I get one for my home?

Oh, not much. Just $90 to $120 million apiece.

 

[anoldnewb]

What exactly are you referring to by "this tech"? Because there are no small modular reactors (SMRs), such as the Westinghouse eVinci discussed in this article, currently in commercial operation in the US. Or anywhere else, other than Russia and China apparently.

not yet. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation...ng-ground-on-a-nuclear-power-plant-in-wyoming

 

[gg83]

I love the concept of SMR's!!!!

 

[bit_user]

But what fuel do they actually use? Thorium?

 

[TJ Hooker]

But what fuel do they actually use? Thorium?

According to Westinghouse's brochure, they use TRISO, a uranium-based fuel formulation.

https://westinghousenuclear.com/media/iezaio0j/updated-evinci-microreactor-brochure.pdf