TerraPower and HD Hyundai announced a strategic collaboration to further scale the global manufacturing supply chain for Natrium reactor components. The agreement combines HD Hyundai’s manufacturing expertise with TerraPower’s cutting-edge reactor technology,

HD Hyundai has reached an agreement with TerraPower to strengthen the global manufacturing supply chain for Natrium reactors. The move builds a manufacturing foundation to support the commercial rollout of this nuclear technology.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Wednesday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with TerraPower LLC, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, to expand the manufacturing supply chain for power plants featuring sodium-cooled reactors.

Korean shipbuilding conglomerate, Bill Gates-founded nuclear energy firm to speed up large-scale commercialization of Natrium plants HD Hyundai and TerraPower have joined hands to bolster the global manufacturing supply chain for the latter’s Natrium reactors and accelerate the commercialization of advanced nuclear power technology,

HD Hyundai announced on Tuesday the 11th that it signed a strategic agreement with TerraPower, to expand the global manufacturing supply chain for Natrium reactors, supporting the rapid commercialization of the advanced nuclear technology.

HD Hyundai Executive Vice Chairman Chung Ki-sun met with TerraPower founder Bill Gates, who is best known for co-founding Microsoft.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and U.S. small modular reactor developer TerraPower, founded by Bill Gates, agreed to commercialize liquid sodium nuclear reactors internationally, a w