How Bechtel plans to build Bill Gates’ next generation nuclear plant in Wyoming

Bill Gates’ TerraPower has become the first US power company to break ground on what could be a new generation of smaller more efficient nuclear reactors. But can small modular reactors (SMRs) really ever be commercially viable? Lucy Barnard speaks to the man responsible for building it to find out.

As groundbreaking ceremonies go, the start of construction work by Bill Gates’ power company TerraPower at Kemmerer Unit One, the next generation nuclear reactor project in Wyoming, couldn’t have been more high profile.

Standing in front of a John Deere wheeled loader displaying the flag of Wyoming, Gates addressed a crowd of dignitaries, federal and state government officials and media. “It’s kind of a dream and here we are making it a reality,” he said. “This is a big step towards safe, abundant, zero carbon energy.”

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