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‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

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companies developing the downsized reactors, but other lead contenders have recently stumbled in their pursuits. This month, the company expects to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for the certification of its Natrium reactor , which it developed with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. Department of Energy.

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ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight

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“The largest hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft is being developed right here in the greatest, most innovative state, the state of Washington,” Inslee said, who announced Monday he won’t be running for a fourth term. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures is ZeroAvia’s largest shareholder, Miftakhov said.

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Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

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Advanced nuclear reactors, especially smaller designs, could help solve many of the persistent problems with nuclear energy. It’s a first-of-a-kind nuclear power generator, cooled with liquid metal and producing 100 kilowatts of energy. But the world is hungrier than ever for energy. Micro” and “tiny,” of course, are relative.

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