创业公司探索核能发电新玩法

    在美国，总部位于马萨诸塞州剑桥市的MSR开发公司Transatomic Power首席执行官拉斯•威尔克斯正在请求美国核管理委员会（the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission）放宽对传统核反应域安全的限制，称这种限制“冻结了进步”。

    许多观察人士认为，除了美国之外，加拿大和中国等国有望成为第一批部署新型核能技术的国家。中国政府正在美国能源部的协助下大力投资新型核裂变项目。同时像Cenovus公司在通用聚变公司所扮演的角色一样，更多石油公司可能会投资核能项目，因为他们也需要清洁的热能来进行石油加工。正如《财富》杂志上月报道的那样，由于缺乏行业投资的缘故，美国能源部开发一个先进的核反应堆的计划似乎已经放缓。

    LPP的核聚变研究则似乎不用担心钱的事。这家年轻公司的下一轮融资可能很容易就点燃大众的热情。（财富中文网）

    译者：朴成奎

    In the U.S., Russ Wilcox, CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based MSR developer Transatomic Power, implores the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to broaden its focus beyond conventional reactor safety, which he says “freezes progress.”

    Many observers believe that countries other than the U.S., such as Canada and China, will deploy first. Beijing is funding innovative Chinese fission projects, with collaboration from the U.S. DOE. Meanwhile, Western companies seek funds. Like Cenovus at General Fusion, more oil companies might pony up, because they want clean heat to process petroleum. As Fortune reported last month, a lack of industry funding appears to have slowed progress in DOE’s mission to develop an advanced reactor.

    LPP Fusion doesn’t seem to be worried. For the young company, the next financing stage could simply be a matter of warming up the crowd.