energy – The French start-up Jimmy submitted to the government on Monday the first authorization request in France for a mini nuclear reactor. It could equip the industrial complex of the Cristal Union/Cristanol sugar group in Bazancourt (Marne)
Is it a new energy Source? The French start-up Jimmy submitted the first authorization request in France for a mini nuclear reactor to the government on Monday. This opens an investigation process by the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the company announced on Monday.
If the file passes all the stages of investigation and authorization, the mini-reactor with a power of 10 megawatts could be directly connected to the industrial complex of the Cristal Union/Cristanol sugar group in Bazancourt (Marne), which produces alcohol and bioethanol.
This reactor is a kind of nuclear fuel boiler whose objective is to “provide carbon-free heat” (steam) to industry “by replacing gas burners”, which release greenhouse gases into the environment. atmosphere, the company explained in a press release.
“The generators designed by Jimmy, with a lifespan of twenty years, are part of an energy mix complementary to large and medium power nuclear reactors and renewable energy sources,” she added. Its known technology is based on that(…) Read more on 20minutes
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