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Bill Gates’ TerraPower plans to build first US next-generation nuclear plant

Company applies to start constructing sodium-cooled reactor near coal plant in Wyoming in June
An artist’s image of the Natrium nuclear plant planned for Kemmerer, Wyoming. TerraPower says it can be built for about half the cost of a standard water-cooled reactor

TerraPower, a company founded by Bill Gates, says it plans to start building the first of a new generation of nuclear power plants in the US in June, joining a race with Russian and Chinese rivals to develop and export lower-cost reactors.

Chris Levesque, TerraPower’s chief executive, told the Financial Times the company would apply for a construction permit from US regulators this month for its reactor, which is cooled with liquid sodium rather than water.

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