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CHEYENNE — Of the 54 operational nuclear power plants in the United States, only three have become operational since 1997. In June, a new plant broke ground near Kemmerer with the hope of ...
In June 2021, Terrapower and Pacificorp announced their intention to advance a novel reactor demonstration project at the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming. [4] On 16 November 2021, Pacificorp announced the selection of the Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming for the Natrium Demonstration Project. [5]
Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated. Gates was in the tiny community of Kemmerer Monday to break ground on the project. The co-founder of Microsoft is chairman of TerraPower.
Naughton Power Plant is a 400 MW coal-fired power station supplemented by 380 MW gas, [18] located on the southwest edge of Kemmerer. [19] The plant employs 230 people, and is scheduled to stop burning coal [20] in 2026, and gas in 2036. [21] In 2021, TerraPower announced it would open a sodium-cooled nuclear power plant in Kemmerer in 2028, at ...
It was announced November 16, 2021 that Kemmerer had been selected. Groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 10, 2024. [32] The power station is designed to consist of 2 adjacent parts - an "energy island" and a "nuclear island". Construction of a "nuclear island" is planned to begin in 2026. [32] The commercial power plant could be operational ...
Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower will build its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, a southwestern Wyoming city of 2,600 where the coal-fired Naughton power plant operated by PacifiCorp subsidiary ...
Bill Gates at the groundbreaking for TerraPower's nuclear power plant near Kemmerer, Wyoming, in June. - Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times/Redux ... The United States currently gets about 20% ...
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