NRC issues construction permit for first Natrium plant
NRC issues construction permit for first Natrium plant

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a construction permit for TerraPower's Kemmerer unit 1 project - the first such permit for a commercial-scale non-light water reactor in the country for four decades.
 

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