TerraPower and HD Hyundai Partner to Boost Global Natrium Reactor Production

· The agreement seeks to enhance global manufacturing capabilities for Natrium reactor components, enabling large-scale and rapid deployment.

 

Clockwise from top left: TerraPower founder Bill Gates, HD Hyundai Senior Vice Chairman Kisun Jeong, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Senior Executive Vice President Kwang-shik Won, and TerraPower president and CEO Chris Levesque (Credit: HD Hyundai)

TerraPower and HD Hyundai have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at scaling the global manufacturing supply chain for TerraPower's Natrium reactor components. The agreement combines HD Hyundai's extensive manufacturing expertise with TerraPower's innovative reactor technology, paving the way for large-scale production and global deployment of Natrium plants.

The partnership focuses on building new supply chain capacity to support the commercialization of Natrium plants, which feature a sodium-cooled fast reactor and an integrated energy storage system. The agreement with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, a shipbuilding affiliate of HD Hyundai, builds upon an existing relationship established in 2024, when the company was selected to develop the reactor vessel for the first Natrium plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

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