TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque answers questions from Korean correspondents May 28 at the Kemmerer Unit 1 construction site in Wyoming, the site of the first commercial fourth-generation small modular reactor project in the United States. Photo by Asia Today
June 4 (Asia Today) -- TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque said SK Group's investment in small modular reactors was a prescient decision as artificial intelligence, semiconductors and data centers drive demand for reliable low-carbon electricity.
Levesque said one SK hynix semiconductor plant alone could require power equivalent to one Natrium reactor, TerraPower's sodium-cooled advanced nuclear design.
"It is easy to imagine Natrium reactors supporting not only semiconductor production but also power supply for data centers," Levesque said.
Levesque spoke with Korean correspondents May 28 at the construction site of Kemmerer Unit 1 in Wyoming, TerraPower's first commercial fourth-generation small modular reactor project. TerraPower announced in April that construction had begun at Kemmerer Unit 1, which it says is on track to become the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the United States.
