We expect to be around 1/8th the capital cost for the reactor itself. We plan to use off-the-shelf turbines&generators marketed for coal so those costs are pretty well known. You still have to add in the switch yard and transmission lines which we won't provide any advantage in. Overall, though we expect to come in below the cost of coal and natural gas including the cost of capital. One can always use the regulatory system to drive up costs like has been done in the US.
Hey Lars. Thanks for working on this! I used to work at Westinghouse and had a very similar concept of using thorium as the primary system and hooking it up to existing coal secondary systems. I really hope you find a way to easily get the material for the initial core.
Instead of shipping containers, my thought was on using the existing rail systems, although that's very US centric.
What's the next step? What can the HN community do for you?
