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Silicon Valley
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Wins First US Reactor Construction Permit in Nearly a Decade

TerraPower received the first US nuclear construction grant in nearly a decade for an advanced reactor using liquid sodium cooling, designed to be safer, cheaper, and faster to deploy than conventional nuclear plants.
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

US approves TerraPower's sodium-cooled reactor, testing whether next-gen nuclear can meet AI-era power demands - Silicon Canals

The Natrium reactor, developed jointly by Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and GE Hitachi, is being built as part of the Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. It represents something genuinely new: a reactor designed from the ground up to complement renewable energy rather than compete with it.
Science
Environment
fromTheregister
1 month ago

DoE oks next-gen nuclear to skip full environmental reviews

The Department of Energy allows many advanced nuclear reactors to qualify for a categorical exclusion, enabling streamlined NEPA reviews when certain conditions are met.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The Trump Administration is excluding advanced nuclear reactors from NEPA reviews, removing required Environmental Impact Statements and public assessments by citing inherent safety.
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