How to Build a Better Kind of Nuclear Power? This Side Hustle Might Help.

Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission ...
The New York Times

A Nuclear Reactor Backed by Bill Gates Gets Federal Approval to Start Building

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 ...

The US has started drilling for a nuclear reactor 1,800 meters underground, and the real shock is that the rock itself becomes the power plant

The US is drilling 1,800 meters down to build a nuclear reactor inside bedrock. See how this bold plan could transform clean ...

How The Trump Administration Is Fast-Tracking Nuclear Microreactors

New guidance for private industry plus a new test bed facility are set to speed widespread nuclear energy development in ...
World Nuclear News

TerraPower starts construction of 'first US utility-scale advanced nuclear plant'

TerraPower has announced the official start of construction on its first Natrium plant, Kemmerer unit 1 in Wyoming. The Bill ...
POWER Magazine

The POWER Interview: Solving the Problem of Fuel for Nuclear Reactors

The U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has spelled out several areas that present challenges to domestic and ...
E&E

Nuclear startup TerraPower is moving fast. Some say too fast.

Founded by Bill Gates, TerraPower is one of the nuclear industry’s leading startups. But the fiery history of its cooling technology is raising alarms. Third in an occasional series on companies ...