由于监管的清晰性和劳动力,Radiant核子公司选择田纳西州Oak Ridge作为其第一个微减量工厂,绕过怀俄明州,绕过了燃料储存冲突。
Radiant Nuclear chose Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for its first microreactor plant due to regulatory clarity and workforce, bypassing Wyoming over fuel storage conflicts.
Radiant Nuclear 选择田纳西州橡树岭而不是怀俄明州巴纳恩作为其第一个微反应堆制造工厂,理由是田纳西州的监管确定性、强大的核劳动力以及缺乏反对。
Radiant Nuclear has selected Oak Ridge, Tennessee, over Bar Nunn, Wyoming, for its first microreactor manufacturing facility, citing Tennessee’s regulatory certainty, strong nuclear workforce, and lack of opposition.
这一决定是在怀俄明禁止临时乏核燃料储存之后作出的,这与拉迪安特归还废反应堆进行加油的计划相矛盾。
The decision follows Wyoming’s prohibition on temporary spent nuclear fuel storage, which conflicted with Radiant’s plan to return used reactors for refueling.
尽管有社区支持和2 500万美元的赠款申请被撤回,但怀俄明的政治和法律障碍导致了这一转变。
Despite community support and a $25 million grant application withdrawal, political and legal hurdles in Wyoming led to the shift.
田纳西州的建筑工程定于2026年开始,第一个反应堆预计到2028年建成。
Construction in Tennessee is set to begin in 2026, with the first reactor expected by 2028.
与此同时,怀俄明能源管理局建议,在戈登总督批准之前,为吉莱特的BWX Technology ' TRISO燃料厂提供1亿美元的赠款。
Meanwhile, Wyoming’s Energy Authority recommends a $100 million grant for BWX Technologies’ TRISO fuel plant in Gillette, pending Governor Gordon’s approval.