Wyoming is making a massive pivot to clean energy. So much that they're going to export most of it. Its a bold, savvy move and we need more of it. Also worth mentioning that this is being done in...
Wyoming is making a massive pivot to clean energy. So much that they're going to export most of it. Its a bold, savvy move and we need more of it.
Also worth mentioning that this is being done in a red state under a republican governor. West Virginia would be wise to take note.
Gates was in the tiny community of Kemmerer Monday to break ground on the project. The co-founder of Microsoft is chairman of TerraPower. The company applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March for a construction permit for an advanced nuclear reactor that uses sodium, not water, for cooling. If approved, it would operate as a commercial nuclear power plant.
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The site is adjacent to PacifiCorp’s Naughton Power Plant, which will stop burning coal in 2026 and natural gas a decade later, the utility said.
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The work begun Monday is aimed at having the site ready so TerraPower can build the reactor as quickly as possible if its permit is approved.
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The TerraPower project is expected to cost up to $4 billion, half of it from the U.S. Department of Energy. Levesque said that figure includes first-of-its-kind costs for designing and licensing the reactor, so future ones would cost significantly less.
Wyoming is making a massive pivot to clean energy. So much that they're going to export most of it. Its a bold, savvy move and we need more of it.
Also worth mentioning that this is being done in a red state under a republican governor. West Virginia would be wise to take note.
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The elephant in the room is nuclear waste. Have they included plans for dealing with it? If so, where? And how?
We Solved Nuclear Waste Decades Ago.
also, The government let me kiss nuclear waste.