At the center of the joint project, housed inside the Corderie of the Venice Arsenal, is a full-size reproduction of the TL-40 liquid-lead cooled nuclear reactor engineered by newcleo, a safe, sustainable and compact reactor developed for use in propelling large ships.
The installation will reveal the effectiveness of nuclear power in decarbonizing marine transport, as well as the potential contained in Europe's existing nuclear waste that would be sufficient to power electricity demand on the continent for hundreds of years.
newcleo's fourth-generation small modular reactors represent a revolutionary approach to the decarbonization challenge by offering the answer to the perceived problems of traditional nuclear power. The innovative lead cooling system introduces passive safety systems that completely avoid the risk of nuclear accidents through the physical laws governing reactor operation. In addition, these reactors are able to eliminate nuclear waste generated by conventional nuclear power plants through a virtuous multi-cycle system that allows it to be burned generating clean, cheap and virtually inexhaustible energy.