US Energy officials visit Everett nuclear research lab
EVERETT — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm stopped by TerraPower’s Everett research laboratory on Tuesday for a tour of the a 65,000-square-foot facility.
The Bellevue company’s bid to develop smaller, safer and less costly sources of nuclear energy is being aided by a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Granholm, joined by David Crane, the director of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, said the growing demand for electricity — and now, soaring energy prices — has sparked a global race.
The United States faces stiff competition from Russia and China, whose governments are investing heavily in the development of advanced nuclear power plants, Granholm said. Russia is currently the largest exporter of nuclear reactors in the world with deliveries to China, Belarus, Hungary, Turkey, Iran, India and Bangladesh, according to experts.
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