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Hyperion to build small modular reactor at Savannah River

September 10, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Credit: Hyperion Power

The project is a partnership between a Department of Energy national laboratory and an entrepreneurial start-up financed with venture capital Small modular reactor (SMR) start-up vendor Hyperion Power Generation has agreed to build a prototype mini-nuclear reactor at a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory Platts reported Sept 9. (See... [read more]

Nukes: Why small is beautiful

February 21, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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If anyone tells you they know what building a new nuclear power plant is going to cost, be skeptical. No one has built a commercial nuclear power plant in decades in the U.S. During the 1970s and 1980s, cost overruns derailed more than 100 reactors. (Ever-increasing regulatory burdens and sky-high interest rates drove up costs, too.) In... [read more]

Hyperion reveals design details of its 25 MW reactor

November 17, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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Firm kicks-off effort to prepare a submission to the NRC for safety reviewHyperion Power Generation, which is designing a small, 25 MWe, nuclear reactor, revealed design details Nov 18 (slides) about the company's product at the winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society taking place in Washington, DC. This is the first release of... [read more]

Hyperion Power Generation Announces Plans to Build a Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Facility in the UK

October 2, 2009 by Rod Adams
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Hyperion Power Generation, a company that has been covered extensively on Atomic Insights, has been talking for a couple of years about its plans to build hot tub sized reactors that can generate 70 MW worth of heat for 5-10 years without any new fuel. According to Nuclear Engineering International, they intend to build their first... [read more]

What’s a small reactor like you doing in a market like this?

September 3, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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Hyperion CEO claims 122 customers have options to order a 25 MW reactor John (Grizz) Deal is an expressive driver of an entrepreneurial start-up that has spun out unique nuclear reactor technology from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). It’s not a conventional reactor with fuel rods and cooling systems. Instead, it is a 25... [read more]

Hyperion Valued At $100 Million

May 20, 2009 by Jacob Mazer
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By Jacob Mazer, Assistant Editor, Fuel Cycle Week Hyperion Power Generation has received media attention this week, with articles that observed in wonderment the company’s $100 million valuation—a significant sum, especially given that its product is an untested technology several years from deployment. The company plans to sell a line... [read more]