Test engineer Jacob Wilcox displays an ingot of sodium metal after cutting into it at TerraPower, a company developing and building small nuclear reactors, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Everett, Wash. Bill Gates, the man who revolutionized personal computing, is launching an ambitious project to counter climate change: A nationwide reboot of nuclear energy technology. In November, Gates' company TerraPower announced it had chosen Kemmerer, Wy., for a nontraditional, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor that will bring on workers from a local coal-fired power plant scheduled to close soon. The project comes as many U.S. states see nuclear emerging as an answer to fill the gap as a transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Elaine Thompson
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