Exclusive: Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part | TechCrunch
2026-08-20 08:00Science🔥 28.9 heat score
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On August 20, 2026, TechCrunch reported that Apollo Atomics has proposed a strategy to reduce nuclear energy costs. The company plans to achieve this by reducing the size of a specific component that was previously overlooked.
Apollo Atomics 计划通过缩小蒸汽发生器组件使核能发电成本降低，并已获得 2600 万美元种子轮融资。该公司 CEO Assil Halimi 指出，传统核反应堆因未优化热能与电能转换效率而成本高企。其基于 MIT 研究设计的新型蒸汽发生器体积仅为现有设备的 1/40，采用针状金属通道结构提升传热效率，支持工厂化组装而非现场建设。预计 Apollo 能在 24 个月内建成一座 300 兆瓦反应堆，发电成本目标为每千瓦时 3 美分，旨在超越天然气电价。