TerraPower has selected architect engineer Sargent & Lundy to design the training centre for its Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The 30,000 square-foot Kemmerer Training Centre (KTC) will host all Natrium operation training activities, for both the demonstration project as well as future Natrium plants. It will house the Natrium Training Simulator, laboratories for electrical and Instrumentation & Control (I&C), mechanical and scientific laboratories, training classrooms, an auditorium and more. The KTC will support all operator accredited programs. Design of the facility will begin immediately, and construction is expected be completed by autumn 2025.
Terrapower’s Natrium technology features a 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system. The storage technology can boost the system’s output to 500 MWe for more than five and a half hours when needed. Terrapower says this allows a Natrium plant to integrate seamlessly with renewable resources. TerraPower is building the first Natrium plant in Wyoming, with plans to expand rapidly throughout the US to meet growing energy demand with clean, reliable nuclear power and energy storage.
“When we announced Kemmerer as the location for the first Natrium plant, we promised long-term, high-paying jobs to the community. I am excited that not only will the Natrium project bring permanent positions to operate Kemmerer Unit 1, but that TerraPower will continue to bring future Natrium operators from around the country to this cutting-edge training facility,” said TerraPower President & CEO Chris Levesque. “Sargent & Lundy has over 100 years of expertise in creating high-tech facilities and I know they’ll design a world-class training centre at our site in Wyoming.”
