TerraPower becomes first advanced reactor company to join INPO

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TerraPower becomes first advanced reactor company to join INPO

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-07-24/article-8243/terrapower-becomes-first-advanced-reactor-company-to-join-inpo/

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TerraPower has become the first advanced reactor developer to join the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as an operating member. The membership supports the construction of the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor project in Kemmerer, Wyoming. This integration aligns the company with industry standards for safety, operational excellence, and performance monitoring as it prepares to submit an operating license application by 2028.

On July 21, TerraPower announced that it had been accepted into the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. INPO and TerraPower alike celebrated the development as the first time an advanced nuclear company has joined the institute's ranks, representing an important step forward in safety and industry coordination among newcomers to the nuclear...

Some history: Shortly after the partial meltdown of Three Mile Island-2, a consortium of utilities created INPO to address "one of the central problems revealed by the TMI accident, the need to have qualified and competent people to operate and manage nuclear power plants," as explained in the March 1981 issue of Nuclear News (p. 47). That lengthy NN article goes on to say that INPO would soon establish standards of quality and competence; evaluate operating practices at nuclear plants; set...

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