????在美國，總部位于馬薩諸塞州劍橋市的MSR開發(fā)公司Transatomic Power首席執(zhí)行官拉斯?威爾克斯正在請(qǐng)求美國核管理委員會(huì)（the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission）放寬對(duì)傳統(tǒng)核反應(yīng)域安全的限制，稱這種限制“凍結(jié)了進(jìn)步”。

????許多觀察人士認(rèn)為，除了美國之外，加拿大和中國等國有望成為第一批部署新型核能技術(shù)的國家。中國政府正在美國能源部的協(xié)助下大力投資新型核裂變項(xiàng)目。同時(shí)像Cenovus公司在通用聚變公司所扮演的角色一樣，更多石油公司可能會(huì)投資核能項(xiàng)目，因?yàn)樗麄円残枰鍧嵉臒崮軄磉M(jìn)行石油加工。正如《財(cái)富》雜志上月報(bào)道的那樣，由于缺乏行業(yè)投資的緣故，美國能源部開發(fā)一個(gè)先進(jìn)的核反應(yīng)堆的計(jì)劃似乎已經(jīng)放緩。

????LPP的核聚變研究則似乎不用擔(dān)心錢的事。這家年輕公司的下一輪融資可能很容易就點(diǎn)燃大眾的熱情。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

????In the U.S., Russ Wilcox, CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based MSR developer Transatomic Power, implores the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to broaden its focus beyond conventional reactor safety, which he says “freezes progress.”

????Many observers believe that countries other than the U.S., such as Canada and China, will deploy first. Beijing is funding innovative Chinese fission projects, with collaboration from the U.S. DOE. Meanwhile, Western companies seek funds. Like Cenovus at General Fusion, more oil companies might pony up, because they want clean heat to process petroleum. As Fortune reported last month, a lack of industry funding appears to have slowed progress in DOE’s mission to develop an advanced reactor.

????LPP Fusion doesn’t seem to be worried. For the young company, the next financing stage could simply be a matter of warming up the crowd.