CONFIDENTIAL

TerraPower and the

Washington State Senate Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee March 28 2013

Doug Adkisson, Senior Vice President Key Points

• Who is TerraPower? • What is the Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR)? • How is it different from other reactors? • Why do we think it is a better (safe, economic, less waste) energy source? • Where are we having an impact and Where will it probably be built?

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Who is TerraPower?

• For profit company funded by (Chairman), Mukesh Ambani (Reliance), Vinod Khosla, and other visionary private investors • A innovation company. Will not build, own or operate nuclear plants – no nuclear liability exposure • Expert management and staff with 300 man-years of experience on fast reactors (e.g., FFTF, EBR –II) • Over 80 contracts/agreements with national labs, universities, companies, government agencies and expert consultants since 2007 • Have state-of-the-art computer capabilities and proprietary software for reactor simulations • Enormous data base and access to spent fuel assemblies from previous fast reactors. Owns TWR intellectual property and know-how

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The TerraPower Team: Innovative Collaborative Approach

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What is the TWR? Fuel from Available Depleted

• Breeds and burns or discharged LWR fuel • Fueled once and can burn up to 40+ years • Weapons proliferation resistant.

• The “Traveling Wave” evolved to a conventional geometry • Assemblies are shuffled within a reactor vessel, limited access

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Current Cycle

Uranium mining Conversion to Uranium Fuel fabrication and milling uranium enrichment hexafluoride Long-term Depleted geologic uranium repository storage

Nuclear power Actinide fuel generation fabrication Reprocessing Spent fuel storage TWR Simplified Fuel Cycle

Uranium mining Conversion to Uranium Fuel fabrication and milling uranium enrichment hexafluoride Long-term Depleted geologic uranium repository storage

Nuclear power Actinide fuel Reprocessing Spent fuel generation fabrication Confidential and Proprietary storage No reproduction or distribution without express written permission of TerraPower, LLC

Each 14-ton canister of depleted uranium can …enough to power six generate 60 million million households at megawatt-hours of current U.S. rates of electricity… consumption for a year. How is the TWR different from Light Water Reactors (LWRs)?

• The TWR is a “Sodium Fast Reactor” (SFR) – Similar to the first reactor to produce electricity in the US

LWR TWR Physics ‘Thermal’ Neutrons ‘Fast’ Neutrons (2200 m/sec) (90,000,000 m/sec) Cooling Water Liquid Sodium Temperature 600oF 900oF Pressure 1000 – 2150 psi atmospheric Thermal Efficiency 33-37% 42% Uranium Utilization 3% 20%

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Fast Reactors of History: Nearly 500 Reactor Years SFR Experience

• CLEMENTINE (25 kWt) • EBR-I (1.4 MWt) • EBR-II (62.5 MWt) • Fermi 1 (200 MWt) • SEFOR (20 MWt) • FFTF (400 MWt) • DFR (60MWt) • Rapsodie (40MWt) • Phenix (233 MWe) • Superphenix (1200MWe) • BOR-60* • BN-350 • BN-600* • Joyo (75 MWt) • Monju (714 MWt ) • CEFR (65 MWt)* • FBTR (10.5MWt)*

* currently operating

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The TWR can Create Starter Fuel for Subsequent Plants

First generation of TWRs started with Second and subsequent Every reactor is capable of generations started with recycled feed fuel from running indefinitely on previous generations depleted uranium

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Why do we think the TWR is better?

• The Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) is a Generation IV designed to: – Enable a new regime of nuclear safety standards – Be cost competitive by using huge stores of depleted uranium as fuel, decreasing enrichment needs, eliminating reprocessing and reducing final waste disposal – Be more environmentally friendly with the creation of significantly less waste – Greatly increase resistance and therefore enable freedom to export – Enhance energy security by requiring significantly less and a less complex supply chain The TWR Prototype plant is based on proven technology and can be licensed, ready to operate in 10 years

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TWR-P Project

• TWR prototype plant: – First electricity producing TWR – TWR-P Nuclear Island - Startup about 2023 600 MWe – Demonstrates key plant equipment – Verifies operational performance – Bases for 600 & 1150 MWe plants Equipment Hatch Containment – Last step of fuel and material Dome qualification Secondary Sodium Pipes and Guard pipes • Design features included for Large and Small additional testing & development Reactor Head Rotating plugs

– Lead test fuel assemblies Thermal Shield Intermediate Heat Exchangers – Capability for post irradiation fuel In Vessel Fuel (4) examinations Handling Machine

– First-of-a-kind instrumentation, Reactor & Guard Upper Internal Vessel maintenance considerations Structure Reactor Core & Core Primary Sodium Support structure Pump (2)

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TWRs are Safer Sets a New Safety Standard Safety Cost Environment Proliferation Security

• Advanced Reactor Design – Safety benefits of pool type sodium cooled fast reactors • Inherent safety: automatic shutdown without need for human interaction in event of accident • System operates at low pressure; less likely to fail • Fukushima type accidents are not possible – Passive decay heat removal even without offsite or onsite emergency power

• Simplified Fuel Cycle – Reduced safety risk in support activities due to less mining, enrichment, processing, and waste transportation and storage

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TWRs Require No Electricity for a ‘Fukushima-like’ Station Blackout Safety Cost Environment Proliferation Security Typical BWR/PWR TerraPower’s TWR • Coolant water at high pressure • Coolant sodium at atmospheric (1000 psi - BWR, 2150 psi - PWR pressure o Possible LOCA w/ rapid o LOCA not credible coolant loss • Loop reactor with low thermal • Pool reactor, large thermal inertia inertia o Decay heat to boil coolant at o Decay heat to boil coolant at 1 atm ~25 hours 1 atm <2 hours • Relies on Diesels for backup • Relies on natural air circulation power for decay heat removal for decay heat removal

• Zr-H2O reaction generates H2 • No H2 generation

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TWRs are Economic Compared to Current Reactors Safety Cost Environment Proliferation Security

Total LCOE ¢/kW-hr 7.17¢ 6.75¢ 6.22¢ 5.78¢

$26 $25.7

$25 $24.2 $24 $23 $22.3 $22 $21 $20.7

Lifetime Cost ($Billion) Cost Lifetime $20 LWR FBR TWR Perpetuation Fresh TWR Perpetuation Successor

Assumptions - Same electrical output and plant life - Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) = revenue to yield 8% return - Plant and Non-Fuel Operating Costs are similar

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TWRs Need Less Mined Uranium Safety Cost Environment Proliferation Security

Mined Uranium Needed For Identically Sized Fleets (628 Built less 228 Retired = 400 Operating at Year 2100) 90,000

80,000 Assumes 10 70,000 New Plants Escalated Uranium Cost Annually From 60,000 Yr 2100 '29 - '00 Yr. 2037 - 2100 LWR: $160B $4,100B LWR 50,000 FBR: 0 $585B FBR TWR: 0 $370B

MTU/Year 40,000 TWR 30,000

20,000

10,000

0 2029 2039 2049 2059 2069 2079 2089 2099 Year

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TWRs are More Environmentally Beneficial Safety Cost Environment Proliferation Security

• Uses depleted uranium or waste from LWR • Greatly reduced uranium mining • Significantly less enrichment needed; none later • No reprocessing facilities required • At least 7X less high level waste relative to LWR • Waste retained in the reactor; delayed external storage for up to 40 years • Waste disposal footprint smaller and permanent

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Where is TerraPower Having an Impact Today?

Washington State • TerraPower employees – 60+, Full time WA consultants - ~20 • Other Washington State subcontracts for engineering development - ~$5-7M/yr • TerraPower owns one of the larger super computers in the state National University Support • MIT, Tex A&M, U of Mich, Oregon State, UNLV, UC Berkeley - ~$4M/yr • 7-9 graduate level interns each year; hire rate: 40% National Lab Support • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with INL, LANL, PNNL - >$7M/yr ‘Soft Impacts’ • 6-8 technical papers presented at international conferences annually • R&D work recognized as leading edge, international requests for participation • Bill Gates active sponsorship throughout all his talks

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TerraPower Global Team

Michigan Y-12 NFS RIAR NEA KAERI ANL MIT TerraPower HQ Kobe Steel PNNL

INL ANL – Argonne Nat’l Lab DOE – US Dept.of Energy INL – Idaho Nat’l Lab Florida – University of Florida KAERI – Korea Atomic Energy Research Inst. LANL LANL – Los Alamos Nat’l Lab MIT – Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Michigan – University of Michigan UNLV NEA – National Energy Administration, NFS – Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. TAMU PNNL – Pacific Northwest Nat’l Lab Florida Burns DOE RIAR – Research Inst. of Atomic Reactors, Russia TAMU – Texas A&M University & Roe UNLV – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Where Will the First Plant Probably be Built? Greatest Opportunity is in the Far East

South Africa

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TerraPower’s TWR Program

Integrated world class expertise and design innovations to maximize TWR performance:

• Targeted design innovations

• Systematic qualification

• Irradiation test programs

• Leading calculation tools

• International suppliers

• National laboratories and universities

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TerraPower’s TWR: Economic, Base Load Electrical Generation

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TerraPower’s Generation IV Traveling Wave Reactor

Safety Economics Environment Proliferation Resistance

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