According to Wall Street Journal, Toshiba is in preliminary discussions with TerraPower on developing a small-scale, safe and cheap reactor. As reported before TerraPower is a part of Intellectual Ventures which is funded by Bill Gates.
Bill Gates Start-Up in Talks on Small Nuclear Reactor, The Wall Street Journal
Bill Gates and the "nuclear Renaissance", CNN Tech
TerraPower Intellectual Ventures
ThEC13 in Geneva will be held at CERN from October 28 to 31, in the Globe of Science and Innovation, Switzerland.
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IThEO held ThEC12 together with CAS and SINAP in Shanghai at the Hope Hotel on Oct 29- Nov 1.
IThEO held ThEC11 together with BNL at the City College of New York in the Steinman Building on October 10-12.
IThEO held ThEC 2010 in London on October 17-20 at the prestigious Royal Institution.
“I can still remember the thrill that came with my realization that the breeder meant inexhaustible energy.”
“I became obsessed with the Idea that humankind's whole future depended on the breeder.”
Alvin Weinberg
“No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.”
Edward Teller
“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience. Once implemented they can be easily overturned or subverted through apathy or lack of follow-up, so a continuous effort is required.”
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
