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MoltexFLEX is a UK-based team of scientists and engineers, focused on delivering the FLEX reactor to provide clean energy at an affordable cost.

Warrington, UK Katılım Ağustos 2022
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Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband@Ed_Miliband·
Our Clean Power Action Plan will herald a new era of clean electricity. A future where our energy system is reliant on homegrown clean power, not fossil fuel markets controlled by dictators. A system that will provide energy security, good jobs and lower bills.
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Sizewell C
Sizewell C@sizewellc·
🤳 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting 18-year-old nuclear campaigner Will Shackel at Sizewell C as part of his tour of several UK nuclear power stations. Will, a vocal advocate for nuclear power and founder of @nuclearforaus, has been campaigning globally for nuclear energy, including at events like COP28. During his visit, he interviewed members of our Sizewell C team before heading off to Sizewell B for a plant tour, which included a visit to the Dry Fuel Store. He was impressed by the stats, especially that Sizewell C will provide clean power for 6 million homes over the next 60 years, contributing to a sustainable and stable energy future. Thanks @ShackelWill, for joining us - you are an inspiring voice for the future of nuclear energy! #SizewellC #NuclearEnergy #CleanPower
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Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband@Ed_Miliband·
Today we've signed a multilateral research agreement on advanced nuclear reactors with US Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk. It will see us play a leading role in speeding up the deployment of cutting-edge nuclear tech to help decarbonise industry. gov.uk/government/new…
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Simon Maechling
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling·
France’s shift to nuclear power was one of the fastest and most efficient ways to reduce CO₂ emissions.
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Eurogrid Carbon Intensity@european_grid

🇫🇷 FRANCE: 30g CO2/kWh 🟢 using 68% Nuclear, 23% Wind and 5% Hydro. 🇩🇪 GERMANY: 507g CO2/kWh 🔴 using 37% Coal, 32% Wind and 12% Gas. Provided by @ElectricityMaps, data is about live consumption for the past hour as of 19/11/24 03:01 Berlin's time.

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Nuclear Science Week
Nuclear Science Week@nuclearsciweek·
#OTD The Queen of England ushered the U.K. into the Atomic Age by opening the first full-scale nuclear power station at Calder Hall in Cumberland, declaring, "It is with pride that I now open Calder Hall, Britain’s first atomic power station.” #nuclearsciweek
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MoltexFLEX
MoltexFLEX@MoltexFLEX·
It's been great to have the @CNL_LNC team with us in our Warrington lab!
Moltex@MoltexEnergy

We are fortunate that @CNL_LNC are supporting us in the development of our Waste to Stable Salt (WATSS) process. CNL’s expertise will be vital in validating the research we are doing in Canada and in our laboratory in Warrington, UK to create WATSS – which will be used to convert spent #nuclear fuel. We were delighted to welcome a team of CNL scientists to Warrington recently to observe our own researchers and technicians in action and work alongside them. Our huge thanks to the team for visiting, and to CNL for their continuing support in making our #technology a reality. #energy #nuclearenergy #netzero #climateaction

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Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband@Ed_Miliband·
Congratulations to @ELPinchbeck, the new Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee. Emma's expertise and leadership will be vital as we drive towards net zero - bringing new, skilled jobs and investment to communities across the UK.
Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk

The Committee is delighted to announce Emma Pinchbeck - @ELPinchbeck - will be joining the Climate Change Committee as Chief Executive from 11 November. theccc.org.uk/2024/10/09/emm…

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MoltexFLEX
MoltexFLEX@MoltexFLEX·
#Safety-case informed design is vital to cost-effectively developing a low-cost, rapid-deployment advanced #nuclear plant – and that needs early regulatory engagement. We’re delighted that after industry discussion with @energygovuk and the regulators across the past year, @The_ONR and @EnvAgency introduced early engagement to open a dialogue with SMR vendors. We kicked off our early engagement with ONR and EA in September, with a hugely productive discussion on how our FLEX reactor will meet the principles of the UK’s world-renowned regulatory process. FLEX is built on passive safety – air cooled, walk-away safe, with passive reactivity control – and it was a pleasure to start discussing this with the regulators. #energy #nuclearenergy #climate #climateaction #netzero
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MoltexFLEX@MoltexFLEX·
@AaronBastani For reference, we'd need less than £300 million to bring our FLEX reactor to fruition...
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Aaron Bastani
Aaron Bastani@AaronBastani·
Carbon capture has been talked about for decades and, until now, is a dud technology. It is NOT the same as carbon sequestration. The ROI is low & £22 billion is a lot. Ed M says 'we need to do it all' - no, you do stuff with best return. Need more nuclear & home insulation.
Michael Walker@michaeljswalker

I’m instinctively with Ed on this - but who could I interview on where we are with the actual science of carbon capture and storage?

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Moltex
Moltex@MoltexEnergy·
An important day for us here – we have completed in-house sintering of our simulated spent nuclear fuel for WATSS tests! The simulated fuel will be used to prove the first stage of the WATSS process before hotcell tests with actual spent fuel. WATSS (‘WAste To Stable Salt') is the reprocessing system we are creating for spent #nuclear fuel, which will reduce high-level waste volumes by over 90%. It will extract the useful transuranic elements, which can be used to create new fuel, and leave the depleted uranium behind as an easily stored low-radioactivity material. These pictures show WATSS team members Jose P. Zuniga, Ricardo Ortega Vaquero, Connor Smith and James Moffat, who are making great strides in perfecting the technology. #energy #nuclearenergy #energytransition #climate #climateaction
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Moltex
Moltex@MoltexEnergy·
Our CEO Rory O'Sullivan visited @argonne recently to see the progress that’s been made in creating a molten salt loop to test and validate our coolant salt! It’s one of the largest chloride salt loops in the world – we’ll be using it to model how fuel assemblies in our SSR-W reactor will function under different operating conditions, and gather data on heat transfer, corrosion and the salt’s behaviour. Huge thanks to the ANL team carrying out the amazing research with us. #nuclear #energy #nuclearenergy #cleanenergy #research
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MoltexFLEX@MoltexFLEX·
@FT Yes - it's one of the main uses that we've envisaged for our FLEX reactor1
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Financial Times
Financial Times@FT·
After decades of stagnation, the nuclear power sector has been given a boost by the 'AI war' being waged among Big Tech companies. on.ft.com/3XMM3Zj
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