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Bill Gates’ TerraPower Welcomes NRC Decision To Shorten Natrium Construction Permit Review

By David Dalton
3 July 2025

Move follows president Trump’s signing of executive orders designed to streamline process

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Welcomes NRC Decision To Shorten Natrium Construction Permit Review
BIll Gates (centre) at a ceremony last year to mark the start of non-nuclear construction activities at TerraPower’s Kemmerer site. Courtesy TerraPower.
TerraPower, the US advanced nuclear power plant developer backed by Bill Gates, has welcomed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) decision to shorten the construction permit application review for its first Natrium nuclear plant from 26 months to 19 months.

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