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Last updated October 15, 2018 By Avimanyu Bandyopadhyay<\/a> Leave a Comment<\/a> <\/p>\n

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It seldom happens that certain circumstances do not allow one idea to prosper as planned. But Open Source can solve that issue, once the idea is shared with the world. Others can take on that work, build upon and keep improving it.<\/p>\n

This recently<\/a> happened with Transatomic Power<\/a><\/em> (founded by Mark Massie<\/a> and Dr. Leslie Dewan<\/a> in April 2011), a Nuclear Startup that introduced a brand new design of its own Nuclear Reactor that is a lot more efficient than conventional ones.<\/p>\n

As they haven\u2019t been able to build it within their targeted timeframe, they announced suspending operations on September 25, 2018. But declaring their designs Open Source is certainly going to help change things for the better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re saddened
\nto announce that Transatomic is ceasing operations. But we\u2019re still
\noptimistic and enthusiastic about the future of nuclear power. To
\nthat end we\u2019re therefore open-sourcing our technology, making it
\nfreely available to all researchers and developers. We\u2019re immensely
\ngrateful to the advanced reactor community, and we hope you build on
\nour tech to make great things!\u201d<\/p>\n

Via the Twitter account<\/a> of Transatomic Power<\/em> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Things looked really promising in the early days:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Surely, the Startup had some very noble goals as described in the above video from 2016. But what went wrong? What are the good and bad things out of this news? Let\u2019s discuss.<\/p>\n

How different is Transatomic\u2019s<\/em> Design compared to conventional Nuclear Reactors?<\/h2>\n

\"LightImage Credit: Transatomic Science<\/a><\/p>\n

Conventional Nuclear Reactors<\/a> are most commonly industrialized as light-water Reactors, which are the most common type of Thermal Reactors<\/a>. Transatomic<\/em> Reactors, on the other hand, are improved versions of molten-salt Reactors. Lets briefly point out the differences:<\/p>\n

Advantages of Transatomic Nuclear Reactors<\/h3>\n