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Bill Gates' TerraPower to build first nuclear reactor!

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Bowers2 said:
We should have been building nuclear power plants for decades now. It is our best and cleanest option.
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It's our only option at this point. There's enough uranium on earth to power humanity for two centuries. If we really want to curtail CO2 emissions while not experiencing a decrease in our quality of life, this is the way.
 
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Nuclear as a source of power is amazing & fascinating. I wish our government would get out of the way more & allow it to advance.
They should be involved only to the extent to ensure safety standards are enforced.
 
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OranGE-KK said:
Nuclear as a source of power is amazing & fascinating. I wish our government would get out of the way more & allow it to advance.
They should be involved only to the extent to ensure safety standards are enforced.
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France gets approx 75% of their electricity from nuclear power, its amazing to me that we don’t
 
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oldguy said:
The anti nuclear power movement is very strong. I hoping that with big names like Bill Gates and Warren Buffer that it will change.
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There is the anti-nuke movement but this design doesn’t have federal approvals and that will take years (decade) and they use a non standard uranium fuel that needs to be produced. The NuScale Small Modular Reactor appears to be much further along in the process having received Fed design approval and a cost that appears to be 50% of the Gates plant.
 
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France gets approx 75% of their electricity from nuclear power, its amazing to me that we don’t
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Ironically, it was the environmentalists who effectively put the brakes on that in the 70's. Nuclear obviously has it's safety issues but I remember the "1 World 1 Chance" slogan. And this type stuff:

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SLVRBK said:
There is the anti-nuke movement but this design doesn’t have federal approvals and that will take years (decade) and they use a non standard uranium fuel that needs to be produced. The NuScale Small Modular Reactor appears to be much further along in the process having received Fed design approval and a cost that appears to be 50% of the Gates plant.
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I wouldn't bet against Gates/Buffett. I'm sure they have some assurances that they will be able to proceed.
 
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I wouldn't bet against Gates/Buffett. I'm sure they have some assurances that they will be able to proceed.
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I’ve been involved with projects that were politically favorable and had the same % of government financial backing, it’s been approx 20 years and they still haven’t broken ground
 
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