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内容总结：

美国核能公司泰拉能源近日通过核管理委员会（NRC）的最终安全评估，有望获得在怀俄明州建造新型核反应堆的许可。这家由比尔·盖茨和英伟达支持的华盛顿州企业，或将成为美国首个部署公用事业规模下一代反应堆的公司。

泰拉能源的钠冷快堆设计将小型模块化反应堆与集成热电池相结合。反应堆额定功率为345兆瓦，而通过熔盐储存余热的热电池系统，可使电站峰值输出提升至500兆瓦并持续5小时以上，满负荷运行时足以满足40万户家庭用电需求。

公司首席执行官克里斯·莱韦斯克在声明中表示，这一积极评估“体现了多年严格评审、与NRC的密切协作以及对安全与创新的坚定承诺”。该项目选址于凯默勒市一座即将退役的燃煤电厂附近，计划在2030年前投入运营。

当前科技巨头与数据中心运营商正积极寻求核能等新能源以支持人工智能运算，微软、亚马逊等企业已投资现有核电站重启及新设施建设。在此背景下，NRC正加速推进先进反应堆许可流程，目标在18个月内完成审批。

尽管仍需通过后续许可环节，NRC已确认该设计不存在影响建造许可的安全问题。泰拉能源去年已在怀俄明州启动非核部件建设，近期获得盖茨与英伟达风险投资部门6.5亿美元新注资。公司累计融资已超10亿美元，并获美国能源部约20亿美元资助。

下一步，NRC将向委员会提交安全评估报告和最终环境影响声明，由委员会投票决定是否签发建造许可。若获通过，泰拉能源还需提交运行许可证申请以完成最终审批。

中文翻译：

核能公司泰拉能源已通过美国核管理委员会工作人员对怀俄明州反应堆建设许可的最终安全评估。这家总部位于华盛顿、由比尔·盖茨和英伟达支持的公司，有望成为美国首个部署公用事业规模新一代反应堆的企业。

泰拉能源的钠反应堆设计将小型模块化反应堆与集成热电池相结合。该小型模块化反应堆可连续产生345兆瓦电力；热电池则将过剩热量储存在熔盐中，使系统能在超过五小时内将输出功率提升至500兆瓦，满负荷运行时产生的电能足以供40万户家庭使用。

公司首席执行官克里斯·莱韦斯克在周一发布的声明中表示："今天对泰拉能源、项目合作伙伴及钠反应堆设计而言都是重要时刻。"这份积极评估"反映了多年严谨的评审、与核管会的深入协作，以及对安全与创新的坚定承诺"。

该公司成立于2006年，其技术基础源自爱达荷州一座实验性增殖反应堆，该反应堆在关闭前已运行近三十年。

泰拉能源的目标是在2030年前实现怀俄明州凯默勒厂区的发电。该反应堆选址于一座即将退役的燃煤电厂附近。

随着科技巨头和数据中心运营商争相寻找驱动人工智能运营的新能源，核能领域正重新引发高度关注。微软、亚马逊等企业已投资于可重启的现有核电站与新设施建设。特朗普政府已承诺加快审批流程。

核管会核反应堆监管办公室代理主任杰里米·格鲁姆表示："我们已比加速后的时间表提前一个月完成凯默勒项目的技术审查，力求在18个月内完成新型先进反应堆的许可决定。"他在声明中补充道："感谢泰拉能源及时回应监管机构关切，在保障安全的同时助力核管会高效处理申请。"

核管会称该反应堆不存在影响建设许可发放的安全隐患。泰拉能源去年已在怀俄明州启动该设施非核组件的建设工作。

今年6月，公司宣布获得由联合创始人盖茨及芯片巨头英伟达风险投资部门提供的6.5亿美元新资金。据PitchBook数据，该公司此前已融资超10亿美元，投资者包括盖茨、韩国SK株式会社及SK创新公司。此外，泰拉能源还获得美国能源部约20亿美元资助。

该项目仍需完成其他许可程序：

• 未来数周内，核管会工作人员将向委员会提交安全评估报告及最终环境影响声明，完成许可最后阶段工作。
• 委员会将裁定工作人员审查结果是否符合发放许可的要求，并投票决定是否指示工作人员签发许可。
• 若获得建设许可，泰拉能源还需提交运营许可证申请以待批准。

英文来源：

Nuclear power company TerraPower has passed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff’s final safety evaluation for a permit to build a reactor in Wyoming. The Washington-based company backed by Bill Gates and NVIDIA could be the first to deploy a utility-scale, next-generation reactor in America.
TerraPower’s Natrium design pairs a small modular reactor (SMR) with an integrated thermal battery. The SMR generates 345 megawatts of continuous electrical power. The thermal battery, which stores excess heat in molten salt, allows the system to surge its output to 500 megawatts for more than five hours, generating enough energy to power 400,000 homes at maximum capacity.
“Today is a momentous occasion for TerraPower, our project partners and the Natrium design,” said company CEO Chris Levesque in a statement issued Monday. The favorable assessment “reflects years of rigorous evaluation, thoughtful collaboration with the NRC, and an unwavering commitment to both safety and innovation.”
The company launched in 2006 and is building on technology used in an experimental breeder reactor in Idaho that operated for nearly 30 years before shutting down.
TerraPower set a goal of producing power at the Kemmerer, Wyo., site by 2030. The reactor is located near a retiring coal plant.
There is tremendous renewed interest in nuclear as tech giants and data center operators scramble for new energy sources to power AI operations. Microsoft, Amazon and others have invested in a combination of existing nuclear plants that can be restarted and construction of new facilities. The Trump administration has pledged to expedite permitting.
“We’ve finished our technical work on the Kemmerer review a month ahead of our already accelerated schedule, as we aim to make licensing decisions for new, advanced reactors in no more than 18 months,” said Jeremy Groom, acting director of the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
“We thank TerraPower for promptly addressing the agency’s questions to ensure safety and enable the NRC to efficiently process the application,” he added in a statement.
The NRC said there are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing a construction permit for the reactor. TerraPower last year broke ground in Wyoming on non-nuclear components of the facility.
In June the company announced $650 million in new funding from Gates, who helped start TerraPower, as well as the venture arm of chip giant NVIDIA. It previously raised more than $1 billion, including investments from Gates as well as South Korea-based SK Inc. and SK Innovation, according to PitchBook. TerraPower has additionally been awarded roughly $2 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy.
There are still additional permitting hurdles to complete:

• In the coming weeks, the NRC staff will provide a safety evaluation and final environmental impact statement to the Commission for the final phase of the licensing.
• The Commission then determines whether the staff’s review supports the findings required to issue the permit, and votes on whether to direct the staff to issue the permit.
• If the NRC issues the permit, TerraPower will need to submit an operating license application for approval.