On Wednesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved construction of a small nuclear reactor backed by Bill Gates' clean-energy company TerraPower. The approval marks the first time in nearly ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) gave TerraPower the go-ahead this week to build a new nuclear reactor in the shadow of an aging coal power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower’s permit is the first to ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Wednesday that it has awarded TerraPower a construction permit for its Natrium nuclear power plant outside Kemmerer, a key step in bringing the ...

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque displays a fuel assembly model for its planned small nuclear reactors in 2022. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Something shocking happened this week: Bureaucrats approved a project ...

Construction on the advanced Wyoming nuclear power plant is set to finish by 2030. Construction on the advanced Wyoming nuclear power plant is set to finish by 2030. is a news writer focused on ...

TerraPower Founder Bill Gates spoke in a recorded video during a press conference in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 2021.Michael Cummo/AP Construction of the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power project in Wyoming ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it approved construction for the Bill Gates-backed TerraPower small nuclear reactor in Wyoming, the first approval for a commercial plant using ...

TerraPower LLC, a nuclear power company backed by billionaire Bill Gates, has received approval to build America’s first commercial plant using next-generation reactor technology. The company broke ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington A novel type ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The project will include 816 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers in Washington are closer to passing a bill that would establish the state's first rules for automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The bill passed the Senate last week and ...

NuScale could benefit from the Trump administration's lean toward nuclear energy. However, the company's first commercial deployment is still likely years away. It's difficult to find NuScale's ...