diff --git a/entities/energy/terrestrial-energy.md b/entities/energy/terrestrial-energy.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..79aa2b20c --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/energy/terrestrial-energy.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Terrestrial Energy + +## Overview +Canadian advanced nuclear company developing the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), a Generation IV reactor design using lithium fluoride-based fluoride salts as combined fuel and coolant. + +## Technology +- **IMSR Design**: 822 MWth / 390 MWe capacity +- **Operating Temperature**: 600-700°C +- **Core Innovation**: Fluoride salts serve as both fuel carrier and coolant +- **Optional Grid Integration**: Can couple with external nitrate salt thermal storage for grid-scale energy buffering, enabling nuclear heat to recharge thermal batteries that complement wind/solar +- **Chemistry**: Uses lithium fluoride-based salts (distinct from CSP industry's sodium/potassium nitrate) + +## Regulatory Progress +- **September 2025**: NRC approved IMSR Principal Design Criteria +- **April 23, 2026**: Submitted topical report on safety events to NRC—final stage before Safety Evaluation Report (SER) +- **Target**: Licensed commercial operation in early 2030s +- **Strategic Value**: An SER would allow the same safety determination to be referenced in multiple future licensing applications, enabling fleet-scale efficiency + +## Timeline +- **2026-04-23** — Submitted foundational safety topical report to NRC, final step before Safety Evaluation Report +- **2025-09** — NRC approved IMSR Principal Design Criteria \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entities/energy/x-energy.md b/entities/energy/x-energy.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2ddbdb601 --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/energy/x-energy.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# X-energy + +## Overview +Advanced nuclear company developing the Xe-100, a pebble bed high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). + +## Technology +- **Xe-100 Design**: 200 MWt / ~80 MWe per unit +- **Heat Transfer**: Pressurized helium as primary coolant +- **Key Feature**: "Helium remains chemically inert and single-phase at operating temperatures, enabling efficient heat transfer without phase change or material degradation" +- **Architecture**: Hot helium exits reactor, transfers heat through steam generator into separate water loop +- **Thermal Approach**: No molten salt in primary or secondary circuits; entirely gas-cooled design with no CSP technology overlap + +## Timeline +- **2026** — Xe-100 design specifications publicly documented \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md b/inbox/archive/energy/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md similarity index 98% rename from inbox/queue/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md rename to inbox/archive/energy/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md index af3043307..106018c3a 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md +++ b/inbox/archive/energy/2026-04-27-solar-nuclear-convergence-scope-qualification-imsr-xe100.md @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ date: 2026-04-27 domain: energy secondary_domains: [] format: thread -status: unprocessed +status: processed +processed_by: leo +processed_date: 2026-04-27 priority: high tags: [nuclear-renaissance, advanced-reactors, solar-nuclear-convergence, imsr, xe-100, thermal-storage, csp] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" --- ## Content