Bill Gates' Nuclear Company Is Close to Breaking Ground on a Reactor, but Has Competition

‘Cowboy Chernobyl’: Trump admin accused of rushing approval of experimental nuke reactor

A leading nuclear safety expert sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Trump administration’s expedited safety review of an experimental nuclear reactor in Wyoming designed by a company co-founded by tech billionaire Bill Gates and derided as a “Cowboy Chernobyl.” On Monday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it has “completed its final safety evaluation” for Power Station Unit 1 of TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wy…

'Cowboy Chernobyl': Trump admin accused of rushing approval of experimental nuke reactor

A leading nuclear safety expert sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Trump administration’s expedited safety review of an experimental nuclear reactor in Wyoming designed by a company co-founded by tech billionaire Bill Gates and derided as a “Cowboy Chernobyl.”On Monday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it has “completed its final safety evaluation” for Power Station Unit 1 of TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyo…

Trump Regulators Ripped for 'Rushed' Approval of Bill Gates' Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming

"Make no mistake, this type of reactor has major safety flaws compared to conventional nuclear reactors that comprise the operating fleet," said one expert.

Bill Gates' Nuclear Company Is Close to Breaking Ground on a Reactor, but Has Competition

Next-gen nuclear startup TerraPower received notice on Monday that the U.S. nuclear regulator completed a key safety evaluation.

Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor gets construction approval in hurry

Scientists in the U.S. have raised alarm over the expedited safety approval to construct a $10 billion, 345-megawatt experimental sodium-cooled fast nuclear