Bill Gates’ nuclear company is the first to get approval to build next-gen reactor

Non-plant related construction broke ground at the Wyoming facility in June 2024. | Image: TerraPower

Bill Gates-founded nuclear energy startup TerraPower has been granted approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a next-generation reactor in Wyoming. This is the first commercial-scale, advanced nuclear power plant to ever receive the federal permit, according to the press release, and will be the first commercial reactor constructed in the US in almost a decade.

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