US issues first commercial construction permit for a nuclear reactor in years to a Wyoming project

By MEAD GRUVER

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow a Bill Gates-backed company to build a sodium-cooled reactor in western Wyoming.

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